The difference between looting and finding...
Finding is grabbing what you need, no matter what the circumstances. Even if it is in a closed store. If you need it to survive, take it. Worry about what the press thinks later...
Looting.. Is when it's time to get some free shit !!!
Big difference.
I saw mothers grabbing huggies, water, food, in my mind, all justified..
But the people grabbing "free shit" -- DVD players, watches, etc. -- inexcusable..
I feel bad that all of the "looting" captured was predominately African Americans. I am sure, no, make that positive.. That there were white folks who also did their share of looting and the majority of African Americans accused of "looting" were really taking what they needed to survive.
This whole situation sucks.. I am not talking about the hurricane or even the damage, we know how bad that is, rather the increased racial walls that seem to be erecting following this tragic event.
It would seem to me that this is not a black or white issue. It is a rich and poor issue. The hurricane seems to have opened up opportiunities for people to grab some shit, who might not otherwise have been able to afford it. I think it's a bad concidence this happened in a largely African American city, but I also believe it could just as easily have happened in a poor white city.
Lets try to make the situation better, not worse. Lets not feed into the media who needs their next big story. Our society has come a long way, of course we have a long way to go, lets work together to get there.
-- On a last note. Until I moved to Ohio for college, I never knew what racism was. I grew up in New York where everyone was either, Black, Olive, Jewish, Muslim, Asian, Irish, Italian, etc... I never knew how white this country was until I was nicknamed, "the jewish hammer" at OSU.
On a final note, my suggestion is, lets all screw interracially. If were all a bunch of muts.. All these problems might just go away..
Peace.
B