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KATRINA.......!!!
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Subject: FW: Words from Maya Angelou on Katrina
>>> >> I'm not mad at Barbara Bush. Or Fox News' Bill
>>> >> O'Reilly. Or even at U.S. Rep. Richard Baker
>>> >> (R-La.)Maya Angelou says that when people show you who
>>> >> they are, believe them the first time. So, no, I ain't
>>> >> mad at them.
>>> >>
>>> >> Not at the former first lady for suggesting that
>>> >> Hurricane Katrina evacuees living shoulder to shoulder
>>> >> in the Houston Astrodome were now better off than they
>>> >> were living in poverty in New Orleans.
>>> >>
>>> >> Not at Fox News' conservative talk-show host, who
>>> >> maintains that the lesson poor children should learn
>>> >> from Katrina is that all they have to do is educate
>>> >> themselves and work hard and they will be able to
>>> >> avoid being left behind on the "metaphorical rooftop."
>>> >>
>>> >> Not at the Republican from Baton Rouge, who The Wall
>>> >> Street Journal reported was overheard telling
>>> >> lobbyists: "We finally cleaned up public housing in
>>> >> New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."
>>> >>
>>> >> Despite the public comments, the private ones made in
>>> >> segregated company (by conservatives and liberals)
>>> >> likely have been even more crass and unbelievable.
>>> >>
>>> >> The hurricane indeed has shed a light. The spin
>>> >> masters in the Bush adminis! tration have done a
>>> >> glowing job over the last several years of pretending
>>> >> that America has achieved a colorblind, class-blind
>>> >> society.
>>> >>
>>> >> Look around you, they say. Look at Condi and Alberto.
>>> >> Colin and Clarence. All credits to their race. What
>>> >> inequities? What ghettos? What barrios?
>>> >>
>>> >> For some time now, the underclass has been kept off
>>> >> camera, rendered invisible, its voices muted.
>>> >>
>>> >> But now that the hurricane has reminded us that, there
>>> >> are Americans too impoverished to leave their
>>> >> community even when a great storm is hurtling toward
>>> >> them, it's not surprising that many are shocked by it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Including the compassionate conservatives, who, in
>>> >> scrambling to say something pithy and nice, are
>>> >> speaking off the cuff and unwittingly revealing
>>> >> themselves:
>>> >>
>>> >> "Almost everyone I have talked to says, `We're going
>>> >> to move to Houston,'" the former first lady told
>>> >> National Public Radio's "Marketplace." She was
>>> >> referring to the evacuees in the Astrodome.
>>> >>
>>> >> "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all
>>> >> want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by
>>> >> the hospitality. And so many of the people in the
>>> >> arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so
>>> >> this,
>>> >> this is working very well for them."
>>> >>
>>> >> I suppose it takes tragedy to shock us, to reveal us.
>>> >> Until the E2 nightclub disaster here, many
>>> >> well-meaning Chicagoans weren't aware that the city
>>> >> had its share of segregated nightclubs. In Chicago
>>> >> today, there are still places where African-Americans
>>> >> (and not all poor)go so they don't have to dance
>>> >> around the color line.
>>> >>
>>> >> I guess I'm not mad about the comments from the elite
>>> >> or the unknowing. Wealthy people get to ch! oose
>>> >> whether they want to understand or deal with poverty.
>>> >> Many have chosen to and have been unfailing advocates
>>> >> for the poor.
>>> >>
>>> >> What's more disappointing are those who come from
>>> >> humble beginnings and who now have the king's ear, but
>>> >> have remained silent. It's as though they've been
>>> >> struck with a form of selective amnesia. They can
>>> >> recall their humble beginnings during, election time
>>> >> or a confirmation hearing, but how soon they forget.
>>> >>
>>> >> They're the ones who should be explaining to the Bill
>>> >> O'Reillys of the world that, yes, education is key and
>>> >> hard work a necessity.
>>> >>
>>> >> But this also is true: A black or Hispanic PhD who
>>> >> tries to hail a cab late at night will probably be
>>> >> profiled just like any other black person.
>>> >>
>>> >> Maybe someone could explain to Mrs. Bush that being
>>> >> huddled in a stadium not knowing where other family
>>> >> members are and uncertain about the future does not
>>> >> translate into an experience that's "working out! well
>>> >> for them."
>>> >>
>>> >> Maybe someone could explain to the Baton Rouge con
>>> >> gressman why now isn't the time to be flip about
>>> >> cleaning up public housing and God should be left out
>>> >> of this.
>>> >>
>>> >> No, I'm not mad at members of the elite. They're
>>> >> merely saying aloud what they've been thinking.
>>> >>
>>> >> It just shows us that "the line" and "the spin" can go
>>> >> only so far before--thank heavens--the spool
>>> >> eventually runs out.
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By Maya Angelou
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>>> I'm not mad at Barbara Bush. Or Fox News' Bill<BR>
>> O'Reilly. Or even at U.S. Rep. Richard Baker<BR>
>> (R-La.)Maya Angelou says that when people show you who<BR>
>> they are, believe them the first time. So, no, I ain't<BR>
>> mad at them.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Not at the former first lady for suggesting that<BR>
>> Hurricane Katrina evacuees living shoulder to shoulder<BR>
>> in the Houston Astrodome were now better off than they<BR>
>> were living in poverty in New Orleans.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Not at Fox News' conservative talk-show host, who<BR>
>> maintains that the lesson poor children should learn<BR>
>> from Katrina is that all they have to do is educate<BR>
>> themselves and work hard and they will be able to<BR>
>> avoid being left behind on the "metaphorical rooftop.&q=
uot;<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Not at the Republican from Baton Rouge, who The Wall<BR>
>> Street Journal reported was overheard telling<BR>
>> lobbyists: "We finally cleaned up public housing in<BR>
>> New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Despite the public comments, the private ones made in<BR>
>> segregated company (by conservatives and liberals)<BR>
>> likely have been even more crass and unbelievable.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> The hurricane indeed has shed a light. The spin<BR>
>> masters in the Bush adminis! tration have done a<BR>
>> glowing job over the last several years of pretending<BR>
>> that America has achieved a colorblind, class-blind<BR>
>> society.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Look around you, they say. Look at Condi and Alberto.<BR>
>> Colin and Clarence. All credits to their race. What<BR>
>> inequities? What ghettos? What barrios?<BR>
>> <BR>
>> For some time now, the underclass has been kept off<BR>
>> camera, rendered invisible, its voices muted.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> But now that the hurricane has reminded us that, there<BR>
>> are Americans too impoverished to leave their<BR>
>> community even when a great storm is hurtling toward<BR>
>> them, it's not surprising that many are shocked by it.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Including the compassionate conservatives, who, in<BR>
>> scrambling to say something pithy and nice, are<BR>
>> speaking off the cuff and unwittingly revealing<BR>
>> themselves:<BR>
>> <BR>
>> "Almost everyone I have talked to says, `We're going<BR=
>
>> to move to Houston,'" the former first lady told<BR>
>> National Public Radio's "Marketplace." She was<BR>
>> referring to the evacuees in the Astrodome.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all<=
BR>
>> want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by<BR>
>> the hospitality. And so many of the people in the<BR>
>> arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so<BR>
>> this,<BR>
>> this is working very well for them."<BR>
>> <BR>
>> I suppose it takes tragedy to shock us, to reveal us.<BR>
>> Until the E2 nightclub disaster here, many<BR>
>> well-meaning Chicagoans weren't aware that the city<BR>
>> had its share of segregated nightclubs. In Chicago<BR>
>> today, there are still places where African-Americans<BR>
>> (and not all poor)go so they don't have to dance<BR>
>> around the color line.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> I guess I'm not mad about the comments from the elite<BR>
>> or the unknowing. Wealthy people get to ch! oose<BR>
>> whether they want to understand or deal with poverty.<BR>
>> Many have chosen to and have been unfailing advocates<BR>
>> for the poor.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> What's more disappointing are those who come from<BR>
>> humble beginnings and who now have the king's ear, but<BR>
>> have remained silent. It's as though they've been<BR>
>> struck with a form of selective amnesia. They can<BR>
>> recall their humble beginnings during, election time<BR>
>> or a confirmation hearing, but how soon they forget.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> They're the ones who should be explaining to the Bill<BR>
>> O'Reillys of the world that, yes, education is key and<BR>
>> hard work a necessity.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> But this also is true: A black or Hispanic PhD who<BR>
>> tries to hail a cab late at night will probably be<BR>
>> profiled just like any other black person.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Maybe someone could explain to Mrs. Bush that being<BR>
>> huddled in a stadium not knowing where other family<BR>
>> members are and uncertain about the future does not<BR>
>> translate into an experience that's "working out! well<=
BR>
>> for them."<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Maybe someone could explain to the Baton Rouge con<BR>
>> gressman why now isn't the time to be flip about<BR>
>> cleaning up public housing and God should be left out<BR>
>> of this.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> No, I'm not mad at members of the elite. They're<BR>
>> merely saying aloud what they've been thinking.<BR>
>> <BR>
>> It just shows us that "the line" and "the spi=
n" can go<BR>
>> only so far before--thank heavens--the spool<BR>
>> eventually runs out.<BR>
>> -----------------------------------------<BR>
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