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nightshift
Comment: I don't know if I can handle seeing this. Just reading about it makes me feel horrible guilty for being safe in CT, while I couldn't do more to help my brethren.
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B00TANEB00TUS
Comment: Everytime I hear one these stories...It makes me mad as he11...It's like all these muthafuccers just left 'em out there to drown....Now can you understand why Black folks are always suspicious of Gov't...It dosen't matter if they're black or white...Black folks gonna always racial profile Uncle Sam....
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eyesley
Comment: If you don't want to be even MORE angry and upset, you don't want to watch it tonight. It's that deep! Homeland Security is a joke! Chertoff went to a conference in Atlanta and put everything on FEMA but got mad when the finger came back to him. Bush and that fly by. I'll never forget that picture they showed of him looking out that window at all of the destruction! Bush don't give a #@%* about Black people. Look how long it took him to get out of the plane and stand on that ground and one year later, it still looks like the hurricane happened yesterday!!
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Luke_Cage
Comment: As a black man nightshift, I'm not sure that I'M going to be prepared to handle this. But the TiVo is set to record both episodes nonetheless if I'm not up to watching it the first 2 nights it airs. In the wake of any natural disaster, human suffering is heartbreaking enough. When its the pain and suffering of my own people, and neglect being at the forefront of why so many suffered and needlessly died, that brings about a myriad of emotions from sorrow to anger. I'm sure Spike Lee tapped into every resource imaginable to bring the most straightforward documentary about the tragedy yet. Having seen 4 Little Girls, I know this doc is in the right hands.
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FiveMore
Comment: Almost one year ago, Hurricaine Katrina
ravaged through the Gulfcoast.As I watched the footage one day after the storm, I wondered would the government keep the promise of "justice for all" and help those left without means to leave the area.I saw people crying on CNN and other news outlets for help.The newsreporters interviewed starving, homeless and emotionally disturbed citizens of America, plead for help on a daily basis.I was sickened by the disregard for people that looked just like me.Could this tragedy happen in the United States of America?No, I thought to my self. The government cares about her citizens to much to purposely watch them die like cows at the slaughter house.After the second day of suffering, I personally thought this disaster was a way to decrease the black and poor census numbers. Who leaves people stranded for 5 days in the riches country in the world?The Tuskegee experiment and all other suspicious programs(AIDS) targeted at black people ran through my mind. Some body dose not care about Black people.Call me a conspiracy theorist, I believe this "natural disaster" was created to test the waters for something greater. I'M still mad about what happened.To quote Don King's phrase"Only In A America " this crap could happen.What a pitiful story!Maybe I am just way too emotional. What do you tell those people still displaced by Katrina?
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bigchassie
Comment: somebody please report on this tomorrow. i don't have HBO on my cable listing. i wish this was on BET or TVOne. HELL, THIS SHOULD BE ON A NATIONAL NETWORK LIKE ROOTS WAS!
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khufu
Comment: Kudos to Spike for his courage...my only question is that and it's one I keep repeating: are you REALLy surprised that white folks (you can keep euphemistically referring to them as "government" all you want)dont care about Black folks? wake up!! FIVE MORE youre right....they keep testing the waters and everytime it's pushed more and more...and you know what? the PEOPLE keep expecting the same people who are committing genocide to be the saviours.....
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RealGAPeach
Comment: This is something that stayed with me a long time after.. the pictures of devastation, the despair and hopelessness. I too will try and watch it. I remember the shots of the lady in the wheel chair, the man whose wife was pulled from his arms. This is only s fraction of what really happened. I'm not a big Spike Lee fan, but I have the utmot respect for him and this documentary.
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Lovely
Comment: We must watch it, we have to stay mad. If we don't care, who else will?
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bigchassie
Comment: LOVELY> i know that's right.
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Dovelyone
Comment: I don't have cable so I won't be able to watch it when it premieres tonight. Hopefully it will be available on DVD very soon. But then again, I don't know if I could watch it. Seeing it happen in real-time last year was PLENTY for me. My heart ached for weeks and then I had to just block it out so I could function.
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nola_in_one
Comment: I don't know if can watch it. I grew up in New Orleans, and all of my family still lived there up until last year. My mom just returned from a trip down there and said it still looks like something from an episode of the Twilight Zone. This is going to be a rough few weeks with the anniversary coming up. I've avoided going home for the past year, and I'm still not ready to see it.
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bigfriend
Comment: I am not a big fan of spike lee but i will see this though everything he does has a "lean". The last comment about someone has to go to jail for what happened down here is a bit much. There is not one person to blame. Mother nature was to blame, the louisiana government was to blame for thier slow response, the people are to blame for not leaving when told to evacuate, the people that are supposed to check on the levees and make sure they are sturdy are to blame, FEMA should have gotten aid in there more quickly. There is alot to learn from this disaster but playing the blame game does nothing. I think the main thing is not relying on anyone for YOUR safety- rely on yourself.
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khufu
Comment: BIGFRIEND unbelievable comment
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southernsista
Comment: Bigfriend, how can you evacuate with no money and some no car? The people that were left behind we low to no income people. They had no credit cards or large bank accounts to withdraw run to get out. They were depending on getting help from our wonderful government who turned their backs on them.
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southernsista
Comment: I meant to withdraw from to get out. Sorry.
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chocdiva
Comment: bigfriend, spoken like someone who doesn't know the facts. I was down there that weekend and thank God I was able to get out. What so few understand is that there were voluntary evacuations then mandatory on Sunday. I was on vacation down there and thankfully had the means to get out. Locals and tourists were trapped without access to air (flights booked SOLID. flights were stilling ARRIVING on that Saturday), car rentals (rental companies ran out of cars and closes early due to LOCALS who didn't come to work), and shortage of gas. It's too much to discuss but believe me, while some people said they were staying and weren't afraid, ALOT of people were trying to get out. Guess they should have done like an ATL resident and caught a $1K cab ride somewhere huh??
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oldsoul
Comment: "And what gets me – people did not have to die," Lee continues. "I think it’s very important that we realize that it was not a natural disaster; it was a man made disaster..." | Spike sums it up perfectly with that statement. I will definitely tune-in because this is "real" news, however disheartening it may be to view. But ya know, what's even sadder is that we all overstand (at least most of us) that know one cares about our people but we still have not been able to "consistently" care about each other since it all went down-- not even on a gotdamm message board. Now that's sad.
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FiveMore
Comment: How are you going to leave without a car?How are the people that ride the bus everyday going to evacuate?
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McNasty
Comment: Ditto Oldsoul! This is one documentary I won't be watching although I fully support Spike in his effort to tell this story. I don't need to stay mad, we need to stay focused and work on Black Unity to keep shat like this from happening. I keep seeing that 70 year old black man walking through the water with his head tilted back to keep the water out of his face - that alone will keep me following my local politicians cause that situation could happen anywhere.
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Southernbelle
Comment: bigfriend>As a New Orleanian I agree there's a lot of blame to go around. But how do you prepare for that never happended before. Every decision made was done mostly on instinct. To the best of knowledge there has never been a hurricane at the magnitude of Katrina. Her span was from western LA to Alabama. Also, for the record New Orleans survived Katrina. The storm didn't cause 80% of the city to go under water. Katrina hit on Mon. Aug. 29th it was a day or two later when the first levee breach occurred that the city flooded. This is why everyone is so frustrated. We could have easily brushed ourselves off after Katrina and went on with our lives, had the levees remained in place. The only positive outcome from this is that Katrina made landfall as a category 3. Had she landed as a five we'd probably still be pumping water out of the city.
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McNasty
Comment: Southernbelle all the more reason for us to pay attention to who we put in office. The gulf states need to pay attention when bushit is asking for money it's coming from somewhere/somebody that needs it more. NO should be raising hell cause the money for the maintenance and upkeep of the levees was sent to iraq along with the NO Guard who should have been sent back long before hurricane season began.
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Priceless
Comment: I am going to be glued to the tv watching this ... Spike read Bush so bad on the CBS Morning Show today I nearly fell off the bed amening his comments
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bigchassie
Comment: i commend Spike for doing this documentary and i know he went through hell putting this together. and to me, it's a documentary we must and should all see. and never forget either. what hit me was when BET was having the telethon for this and there was this story about the woman who lost her husband who was stuck trying to get through the roof to wave for help, they got out but he didn't and she had to tell about that ordeal. i felt her pain and it still hurts me when i think about it. this hit all of us as a black people becuase that was our relatives, and friends who were in trouble. WE ALL NEED TO SEE THIS AND NEVER FORGET AND PRAY THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
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Priceless
Comment: bigfriend, you are kind of clueless ... there were plenty of criminal and humanitarian offenses committed by those people ... I think Spike made the comment to display his strong feelings about how foul and incompetent those people you named were during this crisis
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Southernbelle
Comment: McNasty,excellent points. Here on local news, right after the storm, there was a letter denying Senator Landrieu (LA senator) request for funding for levee repair because most of the funds were allocated for the "War on Terror". This letter was dated shortly after the war in Iraq began.
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MrsPhoenix
Comment: bigfriend, the ONLY part of your incredibly STUPID AZZ comment that I agreed with is the "lean": He had a "lean" in both Malcolm X and Get On The Bus. This documentary, however, is pure atonement from Spike; he is focusing on the PEOPLE, not himself. You are proof that the Willie Lynch syndrome is ALIVE & KICKING.
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oldsoul
Comment: I feel ya McNasty! MrsPhoenix>I read your comments from time-to-time and they seem to come from an intelligent angle but I gotta ask you "why" do bigfriend's comments have to be "STUPID AZZ"? I mean, I don't agree with him/her either but s/he has just as much right to voice her/his opinion as you and me. We got gotta pass all the judgements yo - it's killing our spirit and our voice. Relax and love...[and that's not directed only to you MrsPhoenix, but to me and everyone else]
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oldsoul
Comment: 'We gotta "get" pass all the judgements' - my bad on the typo
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VickiE
Comment: Please tell me with all your outrage about this issue that you PLAN TO VOTE!!!!! That's how we got in this mess and how we will stay that way. I'm for getting rid of all those lazy bums. They work for US, not the other way around. It's our tax dollars they are sharing amongst themselves. Everyone of those a-holes including our Democratic leadership have stood around with their thumbs up their butts while people died.
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MrsPhoenix
Comment: oldsoul, you are right; thanks for the correction. bigfriend's comments were just unintelligent, empty of empathy or sympathy for our Southern brothers and sisters.
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oldsoul
Comment: MrsPhoenix>It's all good - I can definitely agree with your last comments. Thanks for showing me love and not taking my comments the wrong way - peace...
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Southernbelle
Comment: Everyone surprised by bigfriend's comments shouldn't be. I hear this kind of talk all of the time. I had the means to leave so I did. But I had several family members who also had the means but didn't. But, most of the people that stayed behind DID NOT have the means to leave and no one should belittle them because they didn't. I mean, I don't know of anyone who would choose to live in a city surrounded by filthy(sewer, gasoline filled) water with no electricity in 100 degree temp, with no food, no water, no security, no bathroom facilities no nothing but themselves. But, never the less, people will still make the statement "They should have left". Go figure.
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Stephanie
Comment: Priceless, what was he saying? I hate I always miss him.
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SmokeyBones2004
Comment: Alot of people could not evacuate due to it being the end of the month. See most of the Katrina deaths were poor elderly WHITES. However, isn't funny how pooky n nem can always find money for hair and shoes? LOL!
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Dovelyone
Comment: What was/is Spike's "lean"? (Cliff Notes version, please)
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Southernbelle
Comment: SmokeyBones2004>I'm curious to know where you get your facts from. I'm mean, I actually live here and I'm not as informed as you are about the Katrina situation. "Most white deaths were poor elderly whites?". Even though it doesn't matter to me, the race and all, because any death was a wasted death. But, I'm curious to know where they got all those photos of black people who died in the storm. How about all the victim's names and addresses that resided in predominately black areas. As far as "pookey n em" they'll always find a way to get money :-)
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khufu
Comment: imagine tyler perry doing something like this..LOL
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khufu
Comment: the next installment by SPike should be how Black folks around the country felt/feel about what happened in N O
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khufu
Comment: SOUTHERNBELLE...BIGFRIEND is an agent, an idiot and a lost azz soul
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theleadership
Comment: I've been studying and watching the progression of New Orleans and still we have disaster. Just recently in an interview on my talk show here in Raleigh North Carolina called Role-model which airs on Raleigh Television Network I had the opportunity to personally speak with two Pastors and five youth from Christ Community Youth Ministry in Clayton North Carolina. I was told that during their Missionary Trip to New Orleans that was taken in July of 2006 it was as if Katrina had taken place just the day before they got there. They couldn't understand why their were still houses that FEMA had not been into and why there was still such devastation. I regret that I have to say this but, I asked one of the young missionaries who is caucasion the predominate race of those that he saw in New Orleans and in the areas of disaster, and he said African American which leads us to the answer why? Why there were so many problems with the rescue, food, and even still shelter! Unfortunately in the world that we live in today racism is kept as a hidden agenda, which makes it so hard to be proven. Like Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream" a dream that one day in this world of so called "Democracy" that there will be true freedom and equality for all!
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theleadership
Comment: I've been studying and watching the progression of New Orleans and still we have disaster. Just recently in an interview on my talk show here in Raleigh North Carolina called Role-model which airs on Raleigh Television Network, I had the opportunity to personally speak with two Pastors and five youth from Christ Community Youth Ministry in Clayton North Carolina. I was told that during their Missionary Trip to New Orleans that was taken in July of 2006 it was as if Katrina had taken place just the day before they got there. They couldn't understand why there were still houses that FEMA had not been into and why there was still such devastation. I regret that I have to say this but, I asked one of the young missionaries who is caucasion the predominate race of those that he saw in New Orleans and in the areas of disaster, and he said African American which leads us to the answer why? Why there were so many problems with the rescue, food, and even still shelter! Unfortunately in the world that we live in today racism is kept as a hidden agenda, which makes it so hard to be proven. Like Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream" a dream that one day in this country of so called "Democracy" that there will be true freedom and equality for all!
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realuvbaby
Comment: PART ONE: I didn't want to watch it. After being glued to the TV set morning, noon and night last year, I took a break from the news period. It was just too much for me. Last year was a b.i.t.c.h. It's just too much devastation to watch for one year! But somebody HAD to tell the story. Ultimately, what happened, I believe was politics as usual in America. The people in power had no connection to the "lower class" citizens of New Orleans, who are both black and white and everything in between. I believe that if the disaster happened on Hilton Head, Palm Springs, or any playground of the rich and famous, the response would have been different because of the connection between those in power and those in trouble. I also believe that if the Democrats were in power, the response would have been because I think the democratic party is a more realistic America, the majority being of all colors and creeds, unlike the white majority in the republican party. And that’s my own personal opinion. The federal government's failure to respond may not have been a race issue, but it definitely is a "class" issue. After that 15-minute meeting when the President spoke to the governor, then spoke to Mayor Nagin, homegirl (the gov) had the NERVE to say she needed more time. That was the "AHA" moment for me. People suffering and dying all around you and you need more time? Time to do what? What more did she need to see? That's why I say it’s POLITICS AS USUAL. I don’t think she was thinking of the people of New Orleans, I think she was thinking about how this would affect Ray Nagin. Some of us already know that when you don't kiss the right a.s.s. in America, you won't get very far. When you start wanting to kick some a.s.s., or call someone accountable then you are spewing racial hatred, becoming incendiary and divisive and aggressive, should be infiltrated and disbanded.
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realuvbaby
Comment: PART TWO: Dang, Black folk can't win for losing. Whatever spin they want to put on it, we the people saw it with our own eyes and can make the judgment for ourselves. In my heart I believe that if the disaster happened on Hilton Head, Palm Springs, or any playground of the rich and famous, the response would have been different because of the connection between those in power and those in trouble. I thought the reference to slavery was far reaching at first till I heard the brother out. This is what happens to a certain “class” of people in America who happen to be mostly African American. We really need to love and take care of our own, like everyone else does. The question for the federal government is who really speaks for the poor in this country, since they don't have a voice and there’s no connection between those in power and those in trouble? At the end of the day, there's really no justice -- JUST US. That's why we've got to have more self-love and cooperation in the black community. We’ve got to revisit and renew our values as a race of people. I don’t know if that’s possible, but it’s what we’ve got to do. If you are not the one feeling the brunt of oppression, then you think there’s none and that’s why the problems of race and class can never be fixed in this country. We don’t even think we have one. Most Black folk do, but most white folk and some black folk, don’t.
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realuvbaby
Comment: PART THREE: I am so proud of the survival, the truth, the integrity, the reality and tenacity of my people. If no one told you today, let me say to you I LOVE YOU, I RESPECT YOU AND I ADMIRE YOUR LOVE FOR THE TRUTH. EVEN WITH ALL THE THINGS WEVE BEEN THROUGH, HOW WE'VE BEEN INVALIDATED, DISCREDITED, MALIGNED, I'M SO PROUD AND HAPPY THAT GOD MADE ME A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF BLACK. Racist? Yes, I am. If you can have patriotism and love your country, and have nationalism and love your nation, then I could love my race and that's called racism. The enemy is not racism, people, it's white supremacy that creates these classes.
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