David Bositis
David Bositis
David A. Bositis is a senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C., where he is a voting rights and redistricting expert. Bositis is frequently consulted by major newspapers including the New York Times and the Washington Post for his input on issues of race in politics...
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For a big portion of the African-Americans, there's not better education. There have been some gains made, but it's uneven. A lot of whites basically say: 'The civil rights movement has been done. I don't want to hear about it anymore.
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It really is unclear what's going to happen.
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Rita was Bush putting on a show. Bush and his people took a lot of heavy hits in their response to Katrina. They wanted to be sure that this time around they projected an image of effectiveness.
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For a big portion of the African-Americans, there's not better education.
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Officials should have realized that the poor were not going to be able to evacuate the way everybody evacuated and some special provisions should have involved community leaders, ... People in those poor, black communities in New Orleans don't trust the government very much. If pastors, doctors and other trusted leaders had been involved, they would have pressured for a plan for people who rely on public transportation.