Racism & Katrina: How Should Christians Respond?
Janet Chismar
Senior Editor for Faith

From conservative pundits to liberal bloggers, tongues are wagging and fingers are pointing – the charges ugly and hard to ignore.

In an open letter to President Bush, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore suggested that the delay in helping stranded residents of New Orleans was based on race and class. "It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands have no transportation to get out of town," Moore wrote. "C'mon, they're black! ... Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days?"

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