Racism taught in Louisiana...

rebound · #1 08-24-2006, 01:19 PM

...or so it would seem:

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How did the driver think a) that what she did was acceptable, or b) that no one would find out? Stupid is as stupid does...

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blondboinsd · #2 08-24-2006, 01:20 PM

Um its Louisiana, need I say more?

rebound · #3 08-24-2006, 01:21 PM

Good point.

Of course, the driver will probably bring up Nagin's "chocolate city" comment he made during the election.

blondboinsd · #4 08-24-2006, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rebound

Good point.

Of course, the driver will probably bring up Nagin's "chocolate city" comment he made during the election.

OMG he is such an idiot

Roc3b · #5 08-24-2006, 01:39 PM

They asked for assigned seating and she still put the kids in the back...9 kids in two seats....APPALLING!

nupe10123 · #6 08-24-2006, 01:57 PM

Sad.

JV · #7 08-24-2006, 02:19 PM

Damn. That's a shame.

She oughta be canned immediately, with or without any sort of apology she oughta not be working with children.

Slightly OT: Nagin's "chocolate city" comment wasn't so bad. See the Parliament song by the same name, which was basically about Washington DC's emergence as a majority black city with a black Mayor. Black Americans don't have a second language like hispanics or other ethnic groups, so colloquial English is easily understood by whites, asians, etc. when it is spoken, and sometimes taken too literally.

Black people in New Orleans contributed over hundreds of years and made the city what it is today, same as the French and Spanish did in its early days. It's the same as the Mexican influence in the Southwest, Chinese in Seattle and San Fran, the many immigrants from all over in NYC, Chicago, etc. Take away that ingredient and you have a completely different flavor.

Nagin was certainly talking to the people who would know what the phrase meant when he used it. I'm sure if a hurricane hit Salt Lake City and the mayor came out and said Salt Lake must remain a "Vanilla Village" it wouldn't have the same connotation, because he'd be coining that phrase (or stealing it from me if he reads this forum), and not appropriating it from a pop culture reference or song or book, etc.

My .02 which ain't worth a penny.

JV

Quicksilver · #8 08-24-2006, 02:31 PM

Extreemly precetive ma man. I applaude you for digging below the surface and understanding what it beeze. BTW Passin on invaluable knowledge is worth an auful lot in my book.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JV

Damn. That's a shame.

She oughta be canned immediately, with or without any sort of apology she oughta not be working with children.

Slightly OT: Nagin's "chocolate city" comment wasn't so bad. See the Paliament song by the same name, which was basically about Washington DC's emergence as a majority black city with a black Mayor. Black Americans don't have a second language like hispanics or other ethnic groups, so colloquial English is easily understood by whites, asians, etc. when it is spoken, and sometimes taken too literally.

Black people in New Orleans contributed over hundreds of years and made the city what it is today, same as the French and Spanish did in its early days. It's the same as the Mexican influence in the Southwest, Chinese in Seattle and San Fran, the many immigrants from all over in NYC, Chicago, etc. Take away that ingredient and you have a completely different flavor.

Nagin was certainly talking to the people who would know what the phrase meant when he used it. I'm sure if a hurricane hit Salt Lake City and the mayor came out and said Salt Lake must remain a "Vanilla Village" it wouldn't have the same connotation, because he'd be coining that phrase (or stealing it from me if he reads this forum), and not appropriating it from a pop culture reference or song or book, etc.

My .02 which ain't worth a penny.

JV

Eric5273 · #9 08-24-2006, 02:39 PM

Did anyone watch the Katrina documentary on HBO earlier in the week?

Something I did not know about is that hundreds of people trying to escape New Orleans the day after the hurricane were stopped on this one bridge which connected to a neighboring county. The sheriff of that county assembled a large force of cops with shotguns on their side of the bridge and they threatened to shoot anyone who crossed. Instead, the people had to wait for 3 more days without food or water for help to get there, since there was no other way out (the other directions were all under water).

Apparently that neighboring county is mostly white and they didn't want such a large group of black people entering their county.

Sounds like some big conspiracy theory, but they interviewed dozens of people who witnessed this personally.

Seems as if racism is quite common in Louisiana.

Quicksilver · #10 08-24-2006, 02:56 PM

Didn't watch the documentary on HBO. Heard this issue within the 2nd week.

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