Danny Glover: Katrina didn't CREATE a 3rd world country...it REVEALED one

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8CN02F0H.html

Emotions Run High at Katrina Jazz Concert

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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer

September 18,2005 | NEW YORK -- With the exception of the now-famous Kanye West outburst, celebrity-driven benefits for Hurricane Katrina victims have followed a familiar formula -- musicians singing heart-tugging ballads while famous faces implore viewers to give, all in a sanitized, apolitical tone.

Those elements were present at Jazz at Lincoln Center's "Higher Ground" hurricane relief benefit concert Saturday night. But the five-hour concert was also stirring for the emotionally charged performances and speeches that assigned blame for the tragedy.

"When the hurricane struck, it did not turn the region into a Third World country ... it revealed one," actor and activist Danny Glover said in a speech with Harry Belafonte in which both criticized the government, not only for the response to the hurricane but for the conditions prior to it.

"Katrina was not unforeseeable," Belafonte said. "It was the result of a political structure that subcontracts its responsibility to private contractors and abdicates its responsibility altogether." Celebrities taking part included Bette Midler, James Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Toni Morrison, Robert De Niro, Cassandra Wilson, Meryl Streep, Shirley Caesar and the evening's host, Laurence Fishburne. A condensed version was broadcast on PBS.

[opihimoimoi]

1. In terms of leadership, we are NO different....only the names are changed.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. God bless you, Danny Glover.

[Supersedeas]

7. wasn't DG a big bush supporter

[Ignis]

8. No.

In fact, he called during the Democratic primaries last year, stumping for the Kooch. Good man, Danny Glover.

[The Backlash Cometh]

13. I think Mel Gibson was.

[Erika]

3. We do have racial inequality and poverty

This had been denied by the GOP until W owned up to it. Now since he's taken ownership of the problem, we'll see if he changes it.

[Tomee450]

9. Don't hold your breath.

The Republican party will just do a lot of talking but when the outrage dies down, it will be business as usual. They could show they mean business by hiring local contractors of all races. I hear that black morticians are not getting their share of work. This administration is hiring out of state firms to do work that should be done by local residents. I cannot readily trust this administration. I'll adopt a wait and see attitude.

[xultar]

4. No truer statement was ever made.

[abluelady]

5. So True!

[SCDem]

6. All those guests are great liberals

must have been a great benefit

[xxqqqzme]

10. don't remember seeing

it listed on the screen guide over the weekend & I watched PBS on Saturday cuz 'Foyle's War' was on Mystery.

[grasswire]

11. more comment at these threads....

...for those who missed it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4811717

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1789962

[melissinha]

12. Belafonte has it right

Katrina was not unforeseeable," Belafonte said. "It was the result of a political structure that subcontracts its responsibility to private contractors and abdicates its responsibility altogether."

Now THATS the truth!