Assuming you're American, you're sitting in a country where (disproportionately) black people are gunned down by the police over trivial shit, given longer jail sentences for drugs than wealthy white men get for rape, and where the government take that bit too long to intervene when a natural or human-caused disaster hits a majority-black city.
And we're questioning if institutionalized racism is a thing?
Well for starters it's funny that you knew exactly what I making reference to, even though I never explicitly said it. That says a lot.
Anyways that's a damn stupid and shallow viewpoint
You're working on the assumption that these people had the money to just uproot and relocate. That's not a privilege everyone has.
And then the cognitive dissonance. If Hurricane Katrina was, as you say, so unpredictable, then likely most people actually got trapped there instead of "choosing to stay". You're making conflicting viewpoints just to justify the delayed response.
And how would you feel? It's easy for you to sit comfortable, having never been in that situation. If a hurricane or earthquake came and swept away everything you know, and then you saw a lack of urgency in how your government responds to it, you'd be pissed off too.
Why don't they have the money to "relocate"? Who's to be held accountable for their own needs if not each individual?
Hurricane Katrina was predicted to be a catastrophic hurricane. 5 days preceded landfall in which sunny skies and 80 degree days were the weather. Plenty of time to get out of the danger zone.
If someone CHOOSES not to. That's their own stupid fault. I choose hurricane Katrina because it's a good example of the never ending plight of the black man. They just can't get their act together and it's everyone's else's fault but their own.
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Assuming you're American, you're sitting in a country where (disproportionately) black people are gunned down by the police over trivial shit, given longer jail sentences for drugs than wealthy white men get for rape, and where the government take that bit too long to intervene when a natural or human-caused disaster hits a majority-black city.
And we're questioning if institutionalized racism is a thing?
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So, you're saying a city that has a natural disaster is owed help because they choose to stay and "live through it"?
Hurricane Katrina was a disaster beyond predicted proposal, people choose to stay there. Responsibilities seem to be lost on those same people.
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Well for starters it's funny that you knew exactly what I making reference to, even though I never explicitly said it. That says a lot.
Anyways that's a damn stupid and shallow viewpoint
You're working on the assumption that these people had the money to just uproot and relocate. That's not a privilege everyone has.
And then the cognitive dissonance. If Hurricane Katrina was, as you say, so unpredictable, then likely most people actually got trapped there instead of "choosing to stay". You're making conflicting viewpoints just to justify the delayed response.
And how would you feel? It's easy for you to sit comfortable, having never been in that situation. If a hurricane or earthquake came and swept away everything you know, and then you saw a lack of urgency in how your government responds to it, you'd be pissed off too.
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Why don't they have the money to "relocate"? Who's to be held accountable for their own needs if not each individual?
Hurricane Katrina was predicted to be a catastrophic hurricane. 5 days preceded landfall in which sunny skies and 80 degree days were the weather. Plenty of time to get out of the danger zone.
If someone CHOOSES not to. That's their own stupid fault. I choose hurricane Katrina because it's a good example of the never ending plight of the black man. They just can't get their act together and it's everyone's else's fault but their own.