Katrina‏

So many of us are amazed at this statement made by President Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington on 9/16/05,published in the New York Times on page A10: " This poverty has roots in generations of segregation and discrimination that closed many doors of opportunity." Mr. Bush was referring to the poverty Hurricane Katrina revealed to the country and the world. We asked ourselves, is this the same George Bush that once stated, "Affirmative Action does not square with the constitution"? Does Mr. Bush realize now that Affirmative Action is a process that was put and place to help those that were affected by generations of discrimination and segregation? Does Mr. Bush, the country, and all those voices raised on re-versed discrimination know now that a country can't walk away from its responsibility to the poor by using politics?