In New Orleans White People “Find,” Black People “Loot”

Courtesy of T. Armstrong

AP – Tue Aug 30,11:31 AM ET

(via Yahoo! News)

New Orleans

AP caption:

A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

AFP/Getty Images – Tue Aug 30, 3:47 AM ET

(via Yahoo! News)

New Orleans

AFP/Getty Images caption:

Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)

§ Posted by Benjamin T. Greenberg on September 1, 2005 at 12:47 am

§ Filed under breaking news, katrina, nola, race and racism and

Comments

  • Very interesting captions!
  • Ben, this is great. Hope you write more about it. I've linked to it twice but trackbacks didn't come through. Take care, regards, Kaspit
  • I apparently don't know how to do a backtrack. I typed in the URL for it and it didnt work.
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