Katrina Illustrating Institutional Racism (But Not In the Traditional Way)

So with the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, that was the only news the other day. So what can we learn from the media and Katrina?

Well, first, black people are incompetent. No, this isn't my personal belief; this is what I learned from the media. See, if this hurricane had hit a white neighborhood, we wouldn't be hearing about it two years later. (I am too young to remember, but what was the coverage like for Andrew when it hit Florida?) According to the media, white people know how to clean up and move on, but black people have to wait for others to do stuff.

Second, the blame-game is a worthwhile past-time. How many times do we have to hear Blanco and Nagin blame each other and Bush before they decide to shut up and blame themselves?

Finally, the coverage shows that the only important things are bad events that happen with Democrats in local control. This ties in nicely with this week's news of the week, remembering Virginia Tech. See, neither event was really that earth shattering to people without a direct connection to the event itself. Yet, we are all supposed to jump up and spring into action to fix problems that everywhere else has been able to prevent. Guess what? When you build your house above sea level and away from the ocean, your house tends not to flood in a hurricane. Whoa! Epiphany right?

So, my hope is that we can finally get over anniversaries of bad stuff happening. I frankly don't care and I would rather find out what is happening now. Then again, I just wrote about current news being blown out of proportion so I guess I am screwed when it comes to news. Oh well. Guess that is why I avoid CNN and network news with a passion.