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Article #235: Mayor Wonka and the New Orleans Chocolate Factory

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Whether God sent a judgment to New Rainbow Coalition would be sounding off
Orleans for its sinfulness is open to with indignant repulsion and a good
debate and perhaps there is no way of measure of howling and baying. We could
knowing that answer until the fat lady only expect that, and rightly so. That
sings. What Ray Nagin said about New leaves only one question. Why hasn't
Orleans being "a chocolate city" is a bit anyone noticed that the most damaging
easier to weigh and it weighs in under effect of Mayor Nagin's remarks is that
the lightweight category for sure. it is abetting racism?
Since hurricane Katrina Ray Nagin has America is still working hard to promote
taken on a celebrity status. Now racial harmony in this decade but remarks
everything he says is public domain as about chocolate cities are more akin to
quick as it is uttered. His sense of cognitive dissonance than harmony. Nagin
responsibility does not seem to be who otherwise would be rated among the
keeping pace with his new fame. There are top of the list of good New Orleans
many now who think Nagin has written his mayors should take notice of what legacy
own political obituary with his recent he wants to leave the wonderful city that
remarks. Given the nature of politics in care forgot and the wonderful nation that
Louisiana that may not be true. In fact, spawned such a unique city.
in the state that produced Huey Long, His divisive remarks have even insulted
Edwin Edwards and David Duke it would those within the city of New Orleans.
seem rogue politicians will always have Mayor Nagin said he wasn't worried about
an accepted place in the sportsmen's what the folks uptown thought about him.
paradise. Whew! Having spent twenty years of my
The remark has drawn criticism from both life in New Orleans I don't need a degree
white and black groups and leaders. None in demographics to know that one of the
of them have gone so far as to say the few remaining predominantly white areas
remarks are racist. Let's take another of New Orleans is the uptown section.
look at the question by posing it in a Between the civil rights laws of the
reverse fashion. If a white mayor were to sixties and common sense of most decent
state that their city should be a vanilla people who want to see America healed
city what could we expect to happen? from the grievances of our past, it is
Cries of racism would be hastily followed easy to conclude that America has no
by calls for apologies and resignations. chocolate or vanilla cities. We have only
Every black group from the NAACP to cities. I hope!






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