White Chocolate City

Kanye West was absolutely right.

Study: New Orleans could lose 80 percent of black population - Boston.com

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The city of New Orleans could lose up to 80 percent of its black population if people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are not able to return to their damaged neighborhoods, according to an analysis released Thursday by a Brown University sociologist.

Blacks and the poor were disproportionately affected by Katrina, according to the study led by Brown Professor John R. Logan. The analysis concludes that the difficulty in moving back to the city could mean a massive loss of population, overwhelmingly among blacks.

Explains why NOLA reconstruction is like Iraq in miniature: Dubya never intended to rebuild the city. Just like Iraq, the bayou boondoggle is nothing but a giant scam at taxpayer expense, a way for Bush buddies and GOP cronies to make a mint while botching the job completely. In this case, it also has the side-effect of eliminating those nasty Democrat-loving "darkies".

Never forget: a vote for the GOP is a vote for Jim Crow.

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