Let’s take a break from the mundane. Last year's events surrounding Hurricane Katrina have opened the hearts of thousands, spurring many to offer their checkbooks, homes, hugs, hearts, and time to help ailing evacuees. Many of Hollywood’s finest have even donned uncommon couture- aprons and thigh-high rubber boots- to help with the relief efforts.
But
as New Orleans dries and Madi Gras ends, we can be certain that the
troubles of homeless families of Mississippi and Louisiana will become
even more intense. Americans have a consistently positive way of
responding to the immediate needs of its citizenry. We take great pride
in our episodic displays of benevolence. But our collective altruism
rarely extends beyond the most dramatic of circumstances.
As such, most of the poor white and black evacuees and residents will now face a much fiercer storm in the coming years as displaced families are blown from the comforting hands of the Red Cross into America’s unforgiving social welfare system.
Unfortunately, this hurricane won’t be televised.
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