Statistics Suggest Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths
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Statistics Suggest Race Not a Factor in Katrina Deaths
Looks like the race card can't be waived in New Orleans any more...
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But the state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities. According to the 2000 census, whites make up 28 percent of the city's population, but the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals indicates that whites constitute 36.6 percent of the storm's fatalities in the city.
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Yeah, personally I thought that was a pretty lame excuse to start using. Obviously the south has a higher african american population than the North. While FEMA handled the situation poorly IMO, it had nothing to do with who actually lived down there. They were just overwhelemed with the severity and scale of the situation. Good find.
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It's odd that the mainstream media does not publicize statistics like this. 
It definately would shut some paranoid idiots up like Kanye West who have no idea what they're talking about and throw the race card out at every opportunity they can.
It definately would shut some paranoid idiots up like Kanye West who have no idea what they're talking about and throw the race card out at every opportunity they can.
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Holy misleading headlines, Batman.
I really don't know what these numbers show except that more black people were killed than white people. I'm pretty sure that can be reasonably expected after a natural disaster in an area where more black people live than white people. That doesn't tell us anything about the motivations or the failures of the people who should have responded more quickly in the aftermath.
For what its worth, I don't think it was racism that prevented Michael Brown and President Bush from acting so much as ineptitude.
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But the state's demographic information suggests that whites in New Orleans died at a higher rate than minorities. According to the 2000 census, whites make up 28 percent of the city's population, but the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals indicates that whites constitute 36.6 percent of the storm's fatalities in the city.
African-Americans make up 67.25 percent of the population and 59.1 percent of the deceased. Other minorities constitute approximately 5 percent of the population and represented 4.3 percent of the storm's fatalities.
Overall for the state, 658 bodies have been identified. Forty-seven percent were African-American and 42 percent were Caucasian. The remaining bodies were either non-black minorities or undetermined.
African-Americans make up 67.25 percent of the population and 59.1 percent of the deceased. Other minorities constitute approximately 5 percent of the population and represented 4.3 percent of the storm's fatalities.
Overall for the state, 658 bodies have been identified. Forty-seven percent were African-American and 42 percent were Caucasian. The remaining bodies were either non-black minorities or undetermined.
For what its worth, I don't think it was racism that prevented Michael Brown and President Bush from acting so much as ineptitude.
