It is at least a factor. Today I saw 5,000 African Americans on the I-10 causeway desperate, perishing, dehydrated, babies dying. It looked like Africans in the hull of a slave ship.
Reverend Jackson discusses the racial implications of the federal government's response to the disaster.
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I would think most citizens of Gaffney would be against this, that it's morally wrong, but their silence must not speak louder than their action.
We have an amazing tolerance for black pain and for too long after our slave ships landed in New Orleans, you know, we tolerated in the name of God slavery for 246 years.
I offer apology for that because I don't want harm nor hurt to come to this campaign. It represents too much of the dreams of so many who have paid such great prices.