Dean: Race Played a Role in Katrina Deaths
Sep 07 7:44 PM US/Eastern
By DENISE KALETTE
Associated Press Writer
MIAMI
Race was a factor in the death toll from Hurricane Katrina, Howard Dean told members of the National Baptist Convention of America on Wednesday at the group's annual meeting.
Dean, chairman of the Democratic party, made the comments to the Baptists' Political and Social Justice Commission. The Baptist Convention, with an estimated 3.5 million members, is one of the largest black religious groups in the country.
"We must ... come to terms with the ugly truth that skin color, age and economics played a deadly role in who survived and who did not," Dean said.
I could spend time challenging what Dean said but he is just so foolish I no longer consider it worth it. Though in Dean's defense his statement isn't -As- Idiotic as Al Press makes it out to be
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