First Lady Tackles Poverty, Race Issues
Sep 20 8:14 PM US/Eastern
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
Laura Bush, former inner-city teacher, says Hurricane
Katrina could have a silver lining if it forces the nation to respond "in a different way" to difficult poverty and racial problems.
"A large percentage of our population probably doesn't realize what inner cities are really like and has looked away from that," Bush told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.
"Because of the devastation on the coast, there will be a neighborhood and a housing discussion that'll be possible that really was not possible before," she said. "And then the employment piece of it is also very, very important. ...
If a large number of people can come out with skills that they didn't have before, that will be one silver lining."
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