Bull about Katrina

[Andy]

Many years ago I had a fairly good impression of a Black Muslim leader named Louis Farrakham. First time I heard him speak, at the campus of Smith College, he was telling blacks to dress as though they were going on a job interview. Louis said that young blacks should speak "English". He said that blacks should not have babies until they were married. He told the audience whites weren?t going to give blacks the keys to the CEO?S office, they were going to have to earn every thing they got. He finished by saying blacks should reject welfare and not live on hand outs. He also said something about closing all the liquor stores in the ghetto?s.

As time went on I learned that he believed that not some but all whites were evil, racists and bigots. Which sounds like he?s a racist and bigot. Well, now it seems that old Louie has completely gone over the edge.

Like a number of white liberals have been saying, Farrakham is telling everyone who will listen that the dead in New Orleans is a racial thing, that many of the blacks who died, died as a result of a white conspiracy. Actually, what he?s saying is the government blew up sections of the levy where it would do the most harm to black neighborhoods. Moreover he refuses to acknowledge or discuss the fact that the mayor, many members of the national guard and police force are black.

It?s really a shame when someone in a position where he could be doing so much good picks that moment to flip out, loosing any and all credibility and creating more rumors and bad feelings.

Stay healthy,
Andy