Fri, 30 Sep 2005
Racism
A volunteer in the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina talks about how racism hampered the relief effort.
Mazer saw racist behavior that was not usually as blatant as that of the manager of the Best Western, but that was disturbing nonetheless. What got to him most was the shouting. Local officials and law enforcement officers regularly shouted and screamed at the evacuees.
"I saw people in authority yelling at evacuees in public settings, the condescension. I was told by numerous police and sheriffs that 'These people don't take care of themselves, they don't respect each other, they are crack addicts, dope addicts.'
