How long before the resentment starts?

[daleks]

We've all seen the great outpouring of grief and support for the victims of Katrina and the sympathy shown to the survivors. But bearing in mind that many thousands of former New Orleans residents will never go back and will have to be absorbed by neighbouring states, how long will it be before these people are resented? Not long I'd guess. How many people will be happy with poor black folk moving into their neighbourhood? Not many.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

How long before this thread goes down in flames and gets locked or deleted?

 

[daleks]

How long before this thread goes down in flames and gets locked or deleted?

I don't see why it should, I'm just highlighting the obvious. People's natural prejudices won't take long to rear their ugly heads.

 

[BuckNaked]

I don't see why it should, I'm just highlighting the obvious. People's natural prejudices won't take long to rear their ugly heads.

I agree, it happened just a day or so after the hurricane hit...

 

[Tigger_Magic]

I don't see why it should, I'm just highlighting the obvious. People's natural prejudices won't take long to rear their ugly heads.

Prejudice is not natural; it is learned. People are not born with an innate hatred toward someone else based on their race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc. Racism is taught to children out of ignorance and fear.

Your comment

How many people will be happy with poor black folk moving into their neighbourhood? Not many.

is ample evidence of that fact.

 

[Planogirl]

It's already started. People are voicing concern at this point and it will get stronger I imagine.

 

[daleks]

Prejudice is not natural; it is learned. People are not born with an innate hatred toward someone else based on their race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, etc. Racism is taught to children out of ignorance and fear.

How many people will be happy with poor black folk moving into their neighbourhood? Not many.
Your comment is ample evidence of that fact.

You've obviously read the above as a racist comment, in which case you've misread it. It was just a statement of fact.

 

[totalia]

Fact to one person is opinion to another.

I don't resent them at all and I never will.

 

[CheshireVal]

Concern and resentment are two different things. People can be concerned about how the influx of evacuees will affect their community, but that doesn't mean they *resent* the evacuees. (I'm concerned about how our school systems will be able to absorb all these new kids we're getting... we're already underfunded.)

 

[nliedel]

Honestly this is a big country and they are welcome in my neck of the woods.

 

[bumcat]

I'm in Houston and I will never resent Americans coming here to start over. It's a free country and they have as much right as myself relocating. I can't even imagine what they have been thru. With that being said, I hear alot of worries and fears more so than resentment though I"m sure that will follow. You will always have the resentful mentality people, they already were that way about stuff but this will just push them over the edge.

 

[LindaR]

Wow......................how narrow-minded and classless the OP's comments are. I feel sorry for you................

 

[Tigger_Magic]

You've obviously read the above as a racist comment, in which case you've misread it. It was just a statement of fact.

I know all about "statements of fact." Sadly, I grew up in a home where such "statements of fact" were a regular part of life and thinking. It's taken a lot of work to undo what I was taught. Your OP was the typical sort of "stuff" that my parents would spout on a daily basis. Yeah, I read it as a racist comment, because it is.

 

[babar]

Wow......................how narrow-minded and classless the OP's comments are. I feel sorry for you................

Why? You don't think it will happen? Come on, you know there are going to be some stuffy people who get upset that the "poor" are moving into their neighborhood.

Luckily, mine is already sort of "poor", so the more the merrier!!

 

[mamaprincess]

The fact that racism is not just an african american problem is clearly evident in this post. White victims will and have suffered right along side african americans as a result of this kind of thinking.

 

[ducklite]

I think the problem is going to happen in the areas that HUGE numbers of evacuees have gone. In areas which took in a handful to a thousand or so people, I don't think it's going to be as big of a problem, as they will assimilate quickly into their new aras with plenty of community support.

It's going to be parts of TX and the Baton Rouge area where the tensions are going to get tight, because the citizen's of those areas will be overwhelmed by a HUGE number of new people on the infrastructure and a heavy financial burden for them as well.

I don't think rich or poor, black or white makes a difference. You are simply talking huge numbers of PEOPLE. I grew up near Saratoga Springs, NY. Every August we were DELUGED with out of towners coming to the races. For the most part they were affluent and brought $$ in with them. But we were still glad to see them leave, because they snarled traffic, made it impossible to get a restaurant reservation, and just generally overcrowded the area.

Anne

 

[N.Bailey]

Sometimes I have a difficult time trying to really express what's on my mind in the right terminology and my posts come off completely different than the way I intend them too. I'm going to try anyway!

I would welcome anyone from Katrina or any other disaster into my community and my state. I don't mind the taxpayer picking up the tab to help these people get back on their feet at all. IMO, that's part of the reason we all pay so many taxes. I would hope everyone in my area would do all they could to comfort and support everyone that is involved in this terrible situation. I wouldn't however want anyone coming here to simply live off the system. I'm certainly not suggesting that's what anyone is going to do, so please don't take my response that way. If they can become contributing members of society in my area however, they're more than welcome.

My opinion does change drastically for the elderly and the handicapped though.

My opinion is the same no matter what color a person's skin is too.

I also think all the states should chip in to lift the financial burden to those states that have taken in so many evacuees. I think people who live in those areas have a right to be concerned. It's really hard to absorb those kinds of costs alone.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Sometimes I have a difficult time trying to really express what's on my mind in the right terminology and my posts come off completely different than the way I intend them too. I'm going to try anyway!

I would welcome anyone from Katrina or any other disaster into my community and my state. I don't mind the taxpayer picking up the tab to help these people get back on their feet at all. IMO, that's part of the reason we all pay so many taxes. I would hope everyone in my area would do all they could to comfort and support everyone that is involved in this terrible situation. I wouldn't however want anyone coming here to simply live off the system. I'm certainly not suggesting that's what anyone is going to do, so please don't take my response that way. If they can become contributing members of society in my area however, they're more than welcome.

My opinion does change drastically for the elderly and the handicapped though.

My opinion is the same no matter what color a person's skin is too.

I also think all the states should chip in to lift the financial burden to those states that have taken in so many evacuees. I think people who live in those areas have a right to be concerned. It's really hard to absorb those kinds of costs alone.

I appreciate your post and agree with most of it. Just one question -- how does your opinion change (and why is it "drastically") for those who are elderly or handicapped?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

I appreciate your post and agree with most of it. Just one question -- how does your opinion change (and why is it "drastically") for those who are elderly or handicapped?

Go on, Brother T_M!! Preach, man, preach!!

 

[ducklite]

I appreciate your post and agree with most of it. Just one question -- how does your opinion change (and why is it "drastically") for those who are elderly or handicapped?

I think he meant that those who were physically or mentally unable to work (or exempt from same such as seniors) should be cared for as if they were in whatever place they came from.

Anne