AP: Whites on Top of Katrina Insurance

Though poor and minority neighborhoods suffered the brunt of Katrina's fury, residents living in white neighborhoods have been three times as likely as homeowners in black neighborhoods to seek state help in resolving insurance disputes, according to an Associated Press computer analysis.

This has been refuted many times - even by the Los Angeles Times, yet the race myth of Katrina is still out there.

Now comes an analysis of the hurricane's dead by the Louisiana Population Data Center at Louisiana State University, which led to a story by the Los Angeles Times with a subheading of "The well-to-do died along with the poor, an analysis of data shows. The findings counter common beliefs that disadvantaged blacks bore the brunt."

The study and the story revealed that hurricane victims were almost as likely to be recovered from middle-class neighborhoods as from the city's poorer districts.

Joachim Singelmann, director of the Center, said New Orleans was unique among American cities because, despite pockets of poverty in such places as the Lower 9th Ward, the city was remarkable for its integration of blacks and whites of different incomes living in close proximity.

Of the 528 bodies recovered from identifiable addresses in city neighborhoods, 230 came from areas that had household incomes above the citywide median of $27,133. Areas below the median in income accounted for 298 bodies. And while the New Orleans population was 28 percent white, 33 percent of the identified victims were white.

The affected population is more multiracial, multiethnic and multicultural than one might discern from national media reports, according to Richard Campanella, a Tulane University geographer, who has studied which parts of the city were hit worst by flooding. His research showed that predominantly white districts in the city were almost as likely to flood as predominantly black ones.
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Hear hear!

Considering %84 percent of the world believes in a God I don't find that 'shocking'.

Please, leave the stand up to comedians.

considering the level of racism in this country, i dont find it shocking that we're still talking about it.

Considering the level of education in the world, Im not suprised so many believe in god.

Considering the level of education in the world, Im not suprised so many believe in god.

As if educated people don't believe in God?

It does make me wonder sometimes, consider there is absolutely zero evidence in any area of reality of anything of even the slightest supernatural origin. So it makes one wonder why people would believe the whole god whopper.

Then the left will argue that the difference in education is dependent on race itself.

Then the left will argue that the difference in education is dependent on race itself.

as someone on the left, i will say that the level of education is only partly dependent on race. race also contributes to socio-economic status, which helps to determine one's education.

if fewer blacks have higher levels of education than whites, and it has nothing to do with racism, then you're saying that it has to do with some inherent different between races?

The race component has more to do with culture of the race and the importance placed on education.

if fewer blacks have higher levels of education than whites, and it has nothing to do with racism...

Perhaps you mean a smaller percentage rather than "fewer"... if you mean raw numbers rather than percentage, your assertion is likely correct.

Perhaps you mean a smaller percentage rather than "fewer"... if you mean raw numbers rather than percentage, your assertion is likely correct.

whats my assertion?

Maybe we should drop this if you don't know what you're debating :)

yeah, see, the thing is, if you were to read more than one comment, you'd see that i'm not debating anything. i'm simply asking kevin and flindependent to follow thru on their loaded statements about race, social status, and education.

but thanks for poking your head in.

I didnt see any questions for me or references to what I said. As for clarification of what I am saying, I would reference the work Bill Cosby has been doing over the past couple of years.

I have no idea what you are saying but its nothing close to what I saying.

What I am talking about and Cosby's work, is that there are severe problems with the black culture that is the root of many of their problems, one of which is their lack of emphasis and importance placed on education. How blacks are often view by other blacks as sellouts for achieving academically and how its importance is downplayed.

After re-reading your statement a few times you somewhat saying what I was saying but in a convoluted way. However, your statement is semi amibiguous. And no I am not confusing race with culture. They do, at times, overlap.

After re-reading your statement a few times you somewhat saying what I was saying but in a convoluted way. However, your statement is semi amibiguous.

you should hope that you are confusing race and culture. race does not equal culture. race is not the same as culture. culture is not the same as race. race and culture are two different things.

please read that several times to make sure that you are not confused by any semi-ambiguous.ness.ist.isim.

i dont think you're equipped to have this conversation, so in order to save you the embarrassment and the risk of being outed, perhaps by accident, as a raging racist, i'll let you back away slowly.

cheers.

Well you can take your condescension and self serving superiority shove it there buddy.

I will state again, many times culture and race do overlap. Jews are an obvious example. Now does that mean all Jews share that culture, obviously not. Are they the same? No. Did I say they were the same? No. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with what culture is. Let the dictionary define it for you:

Culture: the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group

Do a google search for "black culture" and you will find more than plenty of examples. I guess there are alot of racist people who feel there is a black culture including the New York Public Library, AOL, black dating services, and least of all the Association for Black Culture Centers.

Someone is not equipped to have an intelligent discussion and its the one you see in the mirror. As for the raging racist comment, if you actually knew anything about my life, which you dont, you would know how much of a moron you are for making such a statement. So keep your small minded statements to yourself.

Sorry its a pet peeve of mine when people make such inflammatory comments with so little knowledge.

Well, obviously there is nothing inherent about being black biologically that would cause much of these items. That was never a point of contention. Your attempt at trying to sound intellectual fails due to its complete lack of any real relevance. No one was arguing that there was a biological or genetic basis to being black that had to do with the culture but more of historical fact and circumstance that lead to the current situation that they continue to perpetuate.

I am not bordering on racism and I do see the subtlety but its use here is irrelevant and serves no purpose. God you are a pompous ass. You damn skippy you aint my buddy. Your arrogance is too overwhelming.