New Orleans

The situation in the Big Easy continues to deteriorate and I can't help but wonder if part of the problem is our constant attitude of neglect to the poor and needy in this country. Here we have a major metropolitan community devestated by disaster. The affluent and middle class were able to leave under the own power...they had the means.

What is left behind is the poor, lower class, and mostly black population of New Orleans. We see anger, violence, and lashing out from this group of people who had so little, and now have nothing at all. Can we really blame the reactions of fear and violence as they sit in the sludge, dying and waiting to be rescued. What cause do they have for hope from society? What hope has society given them in the past?

I just think it is an amazing study in anthropology to see the what is going on. I hope and pray that all may be evacuated and taken care of safely.