Please join us in getting Bush to realize that he is a moron and that we need our levees to work.
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I’m a black native of New Orleans. For many years I watched the city bandaid the levee, particularly on our side of the saucer. I’m convinced that Bush and many others with money and influence will provide levees that work as soon as that new and revised culture you mentioned is predominatly white. I’m afraid that the New Orleans I grew up in is gone forever and until it is safe to say that most of the working poor, black and white, are safely filling the welfare rolls and jails in other cities, is irreversible, the Corps of Engineers will not get the levees right and the money that’s supposed to fix them, will be squandered. Paranoid? I’m 60 years old. Yes, I’m paranoid. Paranoia is a part of my legacy as a black American. But even someone like you, have to admit that there is some truth to my position. In any regard, I’ve written a pre-Katrina mystery novel entitled Outside Child. It will hit the markets September 1. (Komenar Publishing) It’s the first of a trilogy. Hopefully, you will read it and see that even though I am paranoid, I am not without hope. I hope that Bush and other government leaders recognize the richness black folk have given to New Orleans culture and not only build better levees, but help its people come back home.
Sincerely,
Alice Wilson-Fried
I hope you’re wrong and that the new and revised culture is not predominantly white – I lived in a predominantly white culture in California and came running home as soon as I could.
I think the New Orleans we both grew up in has changed and time will tell for better or for worse. The worse is the culture that thrived in the 9th Ward can never exist as it had again. The better is hopefully that deep seeded problems in this city will be addressed and all children will have a chance at an education and opportunity.
When a door opens, one always closes. I’m sad for all that was lost in the storm. I’m hopefull of what we will gain.
August 12th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I’m a black native of New Orleans. For many years I watched the city bandaid the levee, particularly on our side of the saucer. I’m convinced that Bush and many others with money and influence will provide levees that work as soon as that new and revised culture you mentioned is predominatly white. I’m afraid that the New Orleans I grew up in is gone forever and until it is safe to say that most of the working poor, black and white, are safely filling the welfare rolls and jails in other cities, is irreversible, the Corps of Engineers will not get the levees right and the money that’s supposed to fix them, will be squandered. Paranoid? I’m 60 years old. Yes, I’m paranoid. Paranoia is a part of my legacy as a black American. But even someone like you, have to admit that there is some truth to my position. In any regard, I’ve written a pre-Katrina mystery novel entitled Outside Child. It will hit the markets September 1. (Komenar Publishing) It’s the first of a trilogy. Hopefully, you will read it and see that even though I am paranoid, I am not without hope. I hope that Bush and other government leaders recognize the richness black folk have given to New Orleans culture and not only build better levees, but help its people come back home.
Sincerely,
Alice Wilson-Fried
August 13th, 2007 at 7:55 am
I hope you’re wrong and that the new and revised culture is not predominantly white – I lived in a predominantly white culture in California and came running home as soon as I could.
I think the New Orleans we both grew up in has changed and time will tell for better or for worse. The worse is the culture that thrived in the 9th Ward can never exist as it had again. The better is hopefully that deep seeded problems in this city will be addressed and all children will have a chance at an education and opportunity.
When a door opens, one always closes. I’m sad for all that was lost in the storm. I’m hopefull of what we will gain.
Good luck with your book.