Finally, Let's talk about the Elephant

The New York Times and The Washington Post point our what should have been obvious from the beginning.

From Margins of Society to Center of the Tragedy

If Sept. 11 showed the power of a nation united in response to a devastating attack, Hurricane Katrina reveals the fault lines of a region and a nation, rent by profound social divisions."


'To Me, It Just Seems Like Black People Are Marked'

In the South, the issue of race -- black, white -- always seems as ready to come rolling off the tongue as a summer whistle. A black Guard unit, passing them by. Something Carter won't soon forget.