Uncovering America's Racism
Afromerica extends our deepest condolences to the families of New Orleans. Hoping and praying they overcome the tramua they endured and will endure.
Truth is, the media lied, undermined, and degraded Blacks in New Orleans. They lied to the world about the so-called crises of crime in the city and they continue to lie to themselves from within a deep trench of denial of their conscious and subconscious bigotry.
Their worse nightmare awakened the world; an oppressed people hidden deep within a major American city's urban neighborhood.
White America is ashamed, embarrassed, in serious denial, and want very badly to cover their nakedness. Thus, they will begin to place blame on Blacks and continue to magnify the negative images of New Orleans in order to fool those who love brainwashing by American propaganda.
Truth is, God washed ashore their historical crimes against Black America.
The method and means that they got us out was like us on the auction block once again. Men and women, mothers and children, sisters and brothers were split up. When you got on the bus, you didn't know where you were going. They had officers with guns and soldiers with guns on the bus. You couldn't get off of the bus.
Many of us who have been active in New Orleans decided to pull together as a united front all of those who had been active in fighting on behalf of the working class and poor people of New Orleans. And we had a meeting a week after the storm, in Baton Rouge, where we began to talk about the necessity of building a movement with supporters around the country to allow our people to get back get on their feet and to return home. We have to build an action to take on the inaction of the government, which has exposed itself.
-Malcolm Suber, Katrina survivor from New Orleans; People's Hurricane Relief Fund
We must maintain the fire that burns toward Black Empowerment and never allow ourselves to fall back to sleep. Below is an account of the days Black America found itself.
The Big Disconnect on New Orleans
The Religious Right Are Spiritually Dead
The Real Reason It Took So Long
Race, Rescue and The Politics of Hurricanes
Help After a Disaster, Applicant's Guide to the Individuals
& Households Program
ttp://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/process/help_after_disaster_english.pdf
Dear Colleagues, Brothers, Sisters & Concerned Citizens:
I have researched strategic aid available to the victims of the
disaster. My research indicates that there is no reason that the
disaster victims have to be herded into stadiums like cattle and sheep
or placed in abandoned military bases for extended periods......[more]
A Brother's Condolences
They Say They Have Turned The Corner
Beloved Ones, I do not support Looting, and it does look bad for Afrikans to see all this Looting taking place. Repeatedly, I hear on the News, warning voices coming from the depth of Hell that the Looters during the 'Katrina' storm will be punished, "To The Fullest Extent of the Law", the laws of the Land......[more]
Revelations of Katrina: The American Media Are Racist Liars
Think not that racism is dead in America or that everything racial is harmonious. Think not that Blacks in America are free from racial oppression by the majority white society or that opportunities afforded to all are equally distributed. Simply know and understand that we live in a blatant racist society not unlike that of the early 1600s in terms of indifference toward Black life......[more]
I have been in New Orleans for 27 years, leading many, many struggles of the working-class, oppressed African American nation there. I compare what happened to us in New Orleans to what happened to my ancestors when we were kidnapped and stolen from Africa.
An Afro Reminder
The official version; then there's the in-the-trenches version
Friday, September 2, 2005; Posted: 5:17 p.m. EDT (21:17 GMT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday, with statements by some federal officials in contradiction with grittier, more desperate views from the streets. By late Friday response to those stranded in the city was more visible.......[more]
The Difference Between the KKK and the Media
Organizationally speaking, and to the awareness of most Americans, the Ku Klux Klan and the Mainstream Media are completely different in structure and national image, but after recent events one has to search hard for any differences where it pertains to purpose and mission statement. Surely, the two cannot be that much alike seeing the civility of American society.......[more]
The irony is uncanny, how a group of people who claim to uphold the concepts of the Holy Bible, on which their country is supposedly built, are not in line with what that Bible teaches. Right-wing organizations, particularly influential Protestant preachers on down the line to conservative politicians, and hard-right conservative white men and women, can become so distant from the biblical concept of compassion.......[more]
Media and Government officials continue to dance around the real reason it took so long for someone to get the stranded people out of New Orleans, using excuses such as extended press conferences and briefings to the actual hurricane conditions whereby they were unable to deploy rescue forces and other evacuation operations. Yet when viewed from a pragmatic perspective instead of an administrative, human error one, the reason is clear......[more]
Possible Attempt at Genocide?
By Deborah L. Shariff
When I turned on the TV a day after Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf Coast, I was particularly focused on the community residents who were left to fend for themselves in the sweltering heat outside the superdome.......[more]
By Junious Ricardo Stanton
The recent category 5 hurricane named Katrina that devastated much of the Gulf Coast has exposed the hydra of racism, incompetence, callousness and crass class warfare percolating beneath the AmeriKKKan psyche that usually is covered by a phony veneer of social equality and color blind openness.......[more]
From: Dr. F. A. Young, Esq. September 4, 2005
Doctor of Law, Cornell Law School '77'
The Tide of Destruction Washed Away the Pretense of Equality
By Scottie
Everyone has been affected by the news of Hurricane Katrina and it's victims who happen to be largely of color. The media has made no attempt to hide its racist practices by portraying the economically disenfranchised Black people that live there, whose lives have been devastated and destroyed, as thugs, criminals, and lawless rouges while the fairer "victims" of Katrina are portrayed as helpless and defenseless survivors trapped in dehumanizing conditions......[more]
From Kamau
My Brothas and Sistahs of the gulf coast region, let
me be among the first to say that I am deeply sorry
for your time of trouble. As I write these words, I
sit in a warm home, just having eaten a nice breakfast
worrying about the oil leak in my car......[more]
A military official involved in "taking control" of New Orleans was being interviewed by Heraldo Ravera and tossed out a code phrase to the news audience. The code phrase being "We have turned the Corner." Which means, No longer should Blacks be upset with us for not getting there sooner because all have been evacuated and are safe somewhere else, meaning its over let's move on. Blacks will forget......[more]
To the Full Extent of the Law
By Goddess Isis
Majestic Victories, blessings, loving and light throughout All creation, beyond and The Katrina victims.
Black in New Orleans
After the devastation of hurricane Katrina, living standards in the entire city of New Orleans dropped for both the rich and the poor. The poor, according to the innuendos and images of the news media, are Black people, who have resorted to taking food from nearby stores, not only food, but other non-necessities, such as jewelry. Eventhough, food and clothing are necessities in such a time......[more]
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