Reflection #5 (Wednesday~third day of work)
Ghandi said that "Poverty is the worst form of violence"
Do you agree/disagree?
Does the Hurricane or it's aftermath have anything to do with poverty?
What is Charity?
Is it the same as Faith?

Nearly 30% of New Orleanians live in poverty. Few American cities have lower household incomes than NOLA. Half the children in Louisiana live in poverty. Most of these people didn’t have insurance. Some needed to wait for their government checks, due the first of the month, three days after Katrina hit. Some 134,000 people couldn’t leave because they couldn't afford transportation. (cite:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9163091/)

Looting v. Taking what you need. People are without homes and jobs so they can't afford to pay for transportation out of the city.

The event has left hundreds of thousands without access to their homes or jobs, has separated people from their loved ones, and has inflicted both physical and mental distress on those who suffered through the storm and its aftermath. The longterm effects will likely be an end to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the United States, and end to a large degree the cycle of self-perpetuating poverty contained therein. Schooling, FEMA not giving checks (Flooding insurance v. Hurricane insurance)to poor people (Lori got denied for FEMA and was given a small amount of money that she has to repay about now) and poorer areas got hit while higher/richer/whiter areas did not get hit/as hard.