US social system not caring about fate of blacks: Activist
Press TV has interviewed Paul McKinley, an activist from Chicago, and Fredrick Peterson, a senior congressional defense adviser from Virginia, to take a look at the aftermaths of deadly Hurricane Katrina a decade after hit the largely black populated US city of New Orleans.
McKinley says people of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans were annoyed with the US social system, which does not care about black citizens. At the time of the natural disaster 10 years ago, even the then black mayor of the city was not helpful as he belonged to the same discriminatory system.
Following the tragedy, many African-Americans fled New Orleans to Chicago, Texas and Boston as they were subject to mistreatment in the state of Louisiana, says McKinley, adding that the federal policy of the United States is based on “demonizing black folks.”
The activist also says a shift in the United States’ domestic policy to have a black president has also failed to improve the situation of the black community, adding that the current president has not made any changes to the discriminatory social system, and has no interest in the fate of black Americans.
Both President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush turned their back to black citizens, he argues.
However, Peterson believes rescue operations after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were hindered by the people, who engaged in wrongdoings such as rioting, looting of stores and shooting at rescue helicopters.
He also rules out the idea that the administration’s discriminatory approach toward the people of color had been behind the delay in rescue mission in New Orleans.
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