Abomb-baby said:
My point was that there is a time and place for all things. That wasn't it.
Yes, because
everybody has been doing and saying things at the "right" time this past week, right? Hell, there's probably things
I've said this week at a time when I probably should not have said them. But I did. It happens. That is life.
I didn't get a chance to see this show last night, so I missed out on Kanye's speech. But really, from what I hear, it
does make you wonder why those poor areas had been neglected for so long.
Also, are there poor white people, too? Absolutely. And should we help them? Definitely. We should help
everyone, black, white, Christian, atheist, poor, rich, etc., etc. who have been affected by this tragedy. Nobody is arguing that.
But it would not surprise me if race were in some way a part of why some people did not get the help they needed.
*Also knows, by the way, what it's like to have virtually no money* My family, at one time, was living in and out of motels, just barely squeaking by, and once we even wound up sleeping in our car, as we couldn't find a place we could afford to stay in for the night. And while my family's living much more comfortably now than we were then, at the same time, we're still leaning more toward lower middle-class. But at least I can still say I had/have a roof over my head and a place to sleep, even if it wasn't always an ideal one. Some people can't even say that.
Angela