Comments on: Racist LSU Fans? No Way!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:23:00 +0000

The context of his statement was that N.O. was losing most of its black residents, incidentally because whites forced blacks out of housing and built expressways through their neighborhoods. (The Quarter for instance had a large black, and especially Creole population that were forced from their homes.)

The black population was forced into low lying areas. And this wasn't the end. Well connected white construction firms pushed to have blacks kicked out of the housing that they owned in the 50's-70's so they could get federal money to build this crap, using eminent domain and unfair tax liens.

Blacks don't want to leave because they feel a great sense of distrust, not just of whites but upper middle class blacks. N.O. has a large number of well to do blacks (especially Creoles) who hate poor blacks but use their vote. In the end they all screw over the people.

This episode, where blacks are being told to leave, and their property is being bulldozed, and entire blacks segments of the city are being put to pasture with a "promise" of housing is just another installment in a continuing story.

And compliments to Jason E. Robertson for his very insightful comments.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:42:00 +0000

The Black Mayor of New Orleans said he wants New Orleans to be a Chocolate City so why not focus on that Racist bull.

By: Phillips

Phillips — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:51:00 +0000

I think the larger point here wasn’t the social argument about getting rid of the projects or not, it was that using racial slurs and screaming about how an entire group of people has “never worked a day in their lives,” really overshadows any real discussion that might have been had. Of course not every LSU fan feels or acts that way, but these guys are just allowing themselves to be portrayed as stereotypical racist idiots.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +0000

For those of you who had the opportunity to ever travel to Death Valley (that si what LSU calls its beloved stadium), there is a purple and gold REBEL flag.
Incidentally, I attended law school in Baton Rouge (Southern University Law Center), which was opened in 1954, because LSU would not admit black. But I digress, when I was in my last year at school in 2001, during a local football game, some tilgaiters were spotted on LSU SCHOOL PROPERTY sporting a purple and gold rebel flag. Of course the minority stuednts were offended and when the students protested near the tailgaiters, one of them was CAUGHT ON THE NEWS saying “n- go home.” So, this video does not surprise me. We’ll see if Oprah has the guts to go there or Mike and Juliette???? White Male LSU grads who are born in bred down here have the mentality that blacks are all the same. They have a wishful thinking mentality that the South that once was will be again. I tell you one thing, if they could screw black women with impunity, you know, that old “tool shed action,” they would. I have no sympathy for these morons. The SOUTH LOST GUYS. Additionally, how would LSU fare if all of the excellent BLACK athletes who make their athletic programs all left that school. I don;t advocate that idea, but it just shows how foolish the whole scnario is. These guys are losers and those talented athletes will go on to greater fame and glory.
As for the rebel flag in LSU colors which hangs on the stadium, well, you just think about that and consider the justification for THAT FLAG, not an AMERICAN flag. What do you think the message is? So, not all fans are racist. The players have families and friends who support them and attend games… These drunken guys are simply miserable drunken finger-pointers. Teh fact is, the poorest of the poor have not returned to the city. And quite frankly, before the Hurricane, who worked in the lowest paying hotel and tourism jobs…blacks! Now, these positions are filled with Mexicans who live in the abandoned homes of the black homeowners in different parts of the city. Even in homes where black mold spores are prevalent. But I digress. Check the history of the city and you’ll see that the slaves worked the fields, built the buildings, and made the South strong (UNDER THE HAND OF WHITE SLAVEOWNERS), but people like these losers want forget the contributions of blacks. New Orleans culture would be nothing without the contribution of blacks. You can disagree, but I am proud to be black and the worse nightmare of these guys is an educated black person (stealing their jobs). And I am here to say, there are a lot of us here in this city who aren’t leaving.

By: Brady

Brady — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:55:00 +0000

While I don’t agree with the racial slurs, I do agree that the projects should be dynamited. Living in New Orleans for 8 years and working in a job that took me to the projects on several occasions showed me that they are merely pits of despair. They prevent their residents from re-entering normal society. They are a plague on the city (and most cities). See also South Bronx; Cabrini Green / Robert Taylor in Chicago; etc.