No, it was racist. Who's to say we must be poor? Who's to say we must be without personal resources? Who's to say those are even true evacuees? Are we true "negroes" in your opinion only when we are poor?

Society will always have a negative opinion of Blacks because not all of us aspire to merge into the hateful, Eurocentric culture that is (thankfully) decreasingly prevalent here in America. Consider that the Republican Revolution, the election and re-election of George W. Bush, the Oklahoma City bombing, Ruby Ridge, Waco, and many other high-impact, high-visibility tragedies are neither our fault nor our issue. They are your problems, as is your attitude.

Record yourself one day, hear the hateful self-righteousness that issues forth, and then ask again why Blacks, Muslims, and most Arabs hate you. And this is from an American making full use of the First Amendment, so let me nip all of the “America, love it or leave it postings” that are sure to follow by saying that I have the right to be harshly (and perhaps unjustly) critical of certain populations. Doing so does not make me anti-American. Indeed, some of the greatest Americans of all time have been the ones to stand up and state what is wrong.

To you and the rest of the racist, gynophobic, Right Wing miscreants infesting this site, I have one piece of advice: get a life.