JRTexas55
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Not clicking the link either, because it's probably a rehashed version of that story that came out a few weeks ago.
They totally missed the point of savings/disposable incomes. No matter what color OR what neighborhood - those people with a major nestegg (or extensive family resources as in the case of the Vietnamese community in N.O. East) were able to fix their houses faster, giving themselves time to recoup emotionally, and THEN tackle their insurance companies. They had options. Those that had to rely soley on their own insurance companies OR the government risked more frustration and burn-out.
But, that explanation is TOO much common sense. Let's just not do any homework, and blame it on race.
I guess the lesson is that you can't trust insurance companies to do what is right. I'm not sure why this needs to be made a racial issue.
Though poor and minority neighborhoods suffered the brunt of Katrina's fury, residents living in white neighborhoods have been three times as likely as...
You made me click the link, Brennan. It's the same article word by word. My problem with it is the vague "AP analysis." Who??? How??? They presume a lot.
Umm. Lakeview got 9 feet of water, too! And what about the many mixed neighborhoods of the city? How can you separate them out by race? Or the fact that many of the displaced (of any color) are renters, and wouldn't qualify for LRA help anyway! Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.
Not clicking the link either, because it's probably a rehashed version of that story that came out a few weeks ago.
They totally missed the point of savings/disposable incomes. No matter what color OR what neighborhood - those people with a major nestegg (or extensive family resources as in the case of the Vietnamese community in N.O. East) were able to fix their houses faster, giving themselves time to recoup emotionally, and THEN tackle their insurance companies. They had options. Those that had to rely soley on their own insurance companies OR the government risked more frustration and burn-out.
But, that explanation is TOO much common sense. Let's just not do any homework, and blame it on race.