Ray Nagin: I Know What God Wants
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006In one of the silliest statements since Pat Robertson’s meltdown a couple of weeks ago, Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans says that God is punishing America:
“Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it’s destroyed and put stress on this country,” Nagin, who is black, said as he and other city leaders marked Martin Luther King Day.
“Surely he doesn’t approve of us being in Iraq under false pretenses. But surely he is upset at black America also. We’re not taking care of ourselves.”
Apparently, according to this guy, God is a Democrat. Not only that, but God is punishing America for something, as evidenced by the recent spat of hurricanes. However, the stupidity doesn’t stop there:
Nagin also promised that New Orleans will be a “chocolate” city again. Many of the city’s black neighborhoods were heavily damaged by Katrina.
“It’s time for us to come together. It’s time for us to rebuild New Orleans _ the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans,” the mayor said. “This city will be a majority African American city. It’s the way God wants it to be. You can’t have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn’t be New Orleans.”
Now, try to imagine this: The Mayor of a storm-ravaged town in a coastal city is speaking, and he says the following: “This city will be a majority white city again, because that’s the way God wants it!” There is no word for the size of the deluge of criticism and commentary that the press would rain down on this guy, complete with accusations of racism. However, because in this case it was a black man who said it, his racism gets a pass and barely a mention in the paper.
It’s time to remember that when Martin Luther King said that he had a dream, his dream was that all races would treat each other equally and fairly, not just black people. Racism is racism, whether it is espoused by a black man, a white man, or anyone else.
As usual, La Shawn Barber has some excellent ideas on this matter.
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January 17th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Mayor Nagin’s New Orleans Chocolate Factory Explained……
First of all, thanks to The Political Teen for using my photoshop and linking to me, in addition to a couple others I’ve seen out there. The image is from my original post on the Nagin “Chocolate” city comments. Read……