Comments on: Mississippians’ Suffering Overshadowed

By: GBA

GBA — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:08:39 +0000

Denise,

Thanks.

Duane,

Thanks.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:48:12 +0000

Correction of name to Duane. Sorry ’bout that.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:44:18 +0000

GBA – here is a link of what Dwayne may have been referring to.

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/12526661.htm

Excerpt:
“Point cadet, leveled by Hurricane Katrina, its home to a large Vietnamese community. This area at the tip of the Biloxi peninsula, which has historically been a community of fishermen and sea food workers, is where several waves of immigrants have established footholds.”

By: GBA

GBA — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:54:10 +0000

Duane,

The Hmong community?

Or the Vietnamese community?

Or are you speaking of the Cambodians?

There is a huge difference.
Which one are you talking about?

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:01:48 +0000

I agree with you Duane. There are people of all races suffering in the wake of Katrina. Because the majority of the people residing in the southern states impacted are black, this was the perfect staging area for Sharpton and Jackson to scream racism.

By: Duane

Duane — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 04:53:53 +0000

This is all about PC. Suffering blacks will always get priority.

There was a whole Vietnamese community in Mississippi that was wiped out. The coverage and emphasis on that piece of information has been minimal. Neither have I heard them use the race card.