Who's Lootin' Who?

I’m taking a pause on putting up many new posts as I feel my rants take somewhat of a back seat to the disaster in our southern states. I won’t attempt to make Hurricane Katrina-related posts, either, since there’s already a few hundred thousand bloggers doing so. Though on a brief personal note, I will say that I’m a tad stunned by the talk of New Orleans being completely ‘lost’. I’ve spent a lot of time in southern Louisiana, especially in the New Orleans area, and it’s hard to conceive of the splendor of that city becoming a modern-day Atlantis.

Regardless, below is a tidbit from a blog that everyone should see. I had personally noticed last night that there was a bit of disparity on how the looting situation was being reported. At least these photos show a few Caucasians caught in the act unlike the cable news stations… Jage

Do white people 'find' and black people 'loot’?

Dustin 3000 notes that 3 photos of Louisiana residents with groceries are labeled differently and asks whether wire service caption writers believe that "black people 'loot' [while] white people 'find.'"

(The African-American woman is 'looting', the Caucasians are 'finding')

(The Caucasian woman 'looks through her shopping bag')