I also know that the local, state, and federal governments, under the spell of the religious right, the anti-"PC" whiners, the enemies of the welfare state, and yes, the bigots, are ultimately responsible for tacitly, if not blatantly, encouraging this behavior. You will hear a lot of arguments like this:
"We're not racists, we just think that some people are given an advantage in this world that they don't deserve."
Yeah, the people with the undeserved advantage? That's us white people.
And if you believe that "those people" -- those black people -- *like* being on welfare, *like* being so poor and unemployed and trapped in ways that New Orleans and Gretna quickly became a nice pretty metaphor for, then may I suggest you remove your head from your ass with all speed?
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