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Move-On.org has set up a site for people to list any living space they can offer to people displaced by the hurricane. My first thought was wonderful - a grassroots approach to helping people out. Curious to see how many and what kinds of listings they had I clicked over to http://www.hurricanehousing.org and noodled around for about 3 minutes. In that time I found not 1 but 2 "Caucasian only" ads (see below.)
My jaw just about hit the floor. I'm no Polly Anna, I know racism is alive and well and living in America but to see it so blatant, so public, on a liberal website, in this most tragic time . . . well I am speechless. And it feels like a further slap down when I look into the faces on the newscasts, on-line and in the newspaper of these refuges and realize they are not all "in the same boat" as long as "patriotic Americans" like the ones below have anything to say about it.
Sad but true.
Housing for 2 people in Bluffton, AR
800 square foot rural, river cabin on working farm. Caucasion only. Outdoor pets are ok. Work available within 25 miles at chicken plants and pet food plant. Smokers ok, but no druggies or drinkers. Only moral, patriotic individuals considered. Long term arrangement possible for right people. Call xxx-xxx-xxxx after dark.
Housing for 3 people in Prairieville, LA
My husband and I are willing to house 1-3 caucasian people in our home in Prairieville, LA. We have 2 small children and live in a 3 bedroom home. We can make 1 full room available that will sleep 3 people at most, comfortably. We would like to help a couple with a child, or even a single parent with 1-2 children. Please contact us for more information. We are also willing to help find temporary work and the transporation to get there.
My jaw just about hit the floor. I'm no Polly Anna, I know racism is alive and well and living in America but to see it so blatant, so public, on a liberal website, in this most tragic time . . . well I am speechless. And it feels like a further slap down when I look into the faces on the newscasts, on-line and in the newspaper of these refuges and realize they are not all "in the same boat" as long as "patriotic Americans" like the ones below have anything to say about it.
Sad but true.
Housing for 2 people in Bluffton, AR
800 square foot rural, river cabin on working farm. Caucasion only. Outdoor pets are ok. Work available within 25 miles at chicken plants and pet food plant. Smokers ok, but no druggies or drinkers. Only moral, patriotic individuals considered. Long term arrangement possible for right people. Call xxx-xxx-xxxx after dark.
Housing for 3 people in Prairieville, LA
My husband and I are willing to house 1-3 caucasian people in our home in Prairieville, LA. We have 2 small children and live in a 3 bedroom home. We can make 1 full room available that will sleep 3 people at most, comfortably. We would like to help a couple with a child, or even a single parent with 1-2 children. Please contact us for more information. We are also willing to help find temporary work and the transporation to get there.
