As NOLA evacuees move into Baton Rouge, restauarants lock their doors to black people, the mayor labels all refugees “thugs,” and lawyers whine because their former 7 minute commute to work balloons to 28 minutes—Oh the horror!).
Jill Monhoney describes all this in a short article in the <a href=”http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050910/STORMBATON10/TPInternational/TopStories”Globe and Mail:
“While residents of Baton Rouge, 110 kilometres northwest of New Orleans, say they are happy to help, many acknowledge deep-seated fears the evacuees will cause a spike in crime.”
Means:
“While whites in Baton Rouge, 110 kilometres northwest of New Orleans, say they are happy to help, many acknowledge that they are racists and want all those black folk to go back to where they belong.”
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