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Disaster Bares Divisions of Race. What would happen if the world as we know
it was destroyed? Would there be panic and total ciaos ...
Submitted by isuckatlife on November 24, 2005
Category: Social Issues
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What would happen if the world as we know it was destroyed? Would there be panic and total ciaos or as human beings, would we have the instincts to stay controlled and work with the resources we have to stay alive? Would we join as one and work together or would it be every man for himself? Well all these questions are something of the past, so to say, pondered by some of the most well known philosophers (Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean- Jacques Rousseau). All in which came upon their own theories of what it would be like in a state of nature'.
Some may say that these theories do not apply to today's societies, but when looking at the situation happening in New Orleans right now, with Hurricane Katrina, you can clearly see the out come of what happens when the state no longer exists or in this case turns its back on the people.
In the article written by The Globe and Mail reporter, Christie Blatchford writes about what the situation is really like in New Orleans for some of it's citizens, the stories that aren't being told. New Orleans is seen as a rather diverse society in which 62% of the population is black and 28% is white. When the hurricane struck New Orleans many were trapped in their homes. While the white people evacuated the city many black people stayed behind, and as stated in the article not because they didn't want to go, but because they couldn't.' The people that were rescued from their homes and rooftops were all herded to Ernest Morial Conventional Centre, where you can't see a white person anywhere. The conventional Centre is packed with injured people who need medical attention, but there is no one to help. They were promised 300 buses but they never came. There is no authority, which adds to the severity of the situation. People are having a field day. Two girls were raped as well as a little boy, who also had his throat slit, and a women was attacked and assaulted. In the process she snapped both ankles, and though she...
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