What do the numbers tell us?

I’m not a sociologist, economist, or politician. But the “facts on the ground” make it obvious that the line between the “haves” and the “have nots” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina follows a racial line. I don’t understand why it’s okay to say that economic status had an influence on whether people were able to get out of harms way, but it’s not politically correct to say that race was a factor. It seems to me that one of the important steps in dealing with a systemic problem is to admit it.

Hurricane Katrina has made it pretty hard for us to ignore that socio-economic class and race have an unhealthy relationship.