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Monday, September 19, 2005
Race in America
Rew catches Mark Yost's creative interpretation of historic events. Check out the comments for an interesting demonstration of dementia.
Then check out this Krugman column on race:
Race, after all, was central to the emergence of a Republican majority: essentially, the South switched sides after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Today, states that had slavery in 1860 are much more likely to vote Republican than states that didn't.
And who can honestly deny that race is a major reason America treats its poor more harshly than any other advanced country? To put it crudely: a middle-class European, thinking about the poor, says to himself, "There but for the grace of God go I." A middle-class American is all too likely to think, perhaps without admitting it to himself, "Why should I be taxed to support those people?"
Finally, download this 26.5 MB file, which is an MP3 of Franken's Friday show. The call to Katrina (a phone sex operator at 1-877-KATRINA. Franken calls to ask if she will sell her number to the government to assist in disaster relief) starts one hour into the show. Turns out Katrina is from Louisiana and isn't entirely sympathetic toward "them": the hurricane victims. (1:06:43)
Katrina: Oh, oh. And don't you think that Katrina victims are getting enough help?
Al: Uh, probably not. And we just think that...
Katrina: Really? They got $2,000 debit cards in Houston and they went to buy designers purses and designer clothing so I think they're getting a lot of help.
Al: I don't want to argue with you, Katrina.
Katrina: Of course you can't. You don't live here. We do. We do. We know what goes on. And you know what? This hurricane was blown out of proportion. The Katrina victims are getting a lot more from hurricane victims ever got and they're still not satisfied.
