Mayor Nagin Strikes Again

The Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, made his way back into the news today. According to a CNN news article, Nagin said "This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans." And yet Mr. Nagin's racist attitudes haven't been challenged by the media. Can you imagine the controversy that would result if the mayor of Livonia, MI said that it was God's will that Livonia is a majority white city? And the ultimate irony, I think, is that Mr. Nagin made his comments on the day celebrating Martin Luther King's legacy. Dr. King stated so profoundly on August 23, 1963, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Sadly enough, judging people by their skin color is still too common, whether it be by individuals like Mr. Nagin, or by white extremists in Howell, MI.

I applaud Dr. King and his dream, and I truly hope that one day my children can live in a world where they are judged based on the content of their character.