WHY REBUILD NEW ORLEANS?
On THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS Mr. Stephanopoulos noted
a “cold shoulder from federal officials who made many promises”
and that some congressmen are hearing from their districts “why
should I be paying to rebuild New Orleans?” even the Hon. Ray
Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans noted, “New Orleans …pushed to the
background”.
Where does this question come from? It comes from the lack of
information by the federal government, the State of Louisiana
and the media who themselves are resisting efforts to tell the
truth of the worth of the City of New Orleans. Why do they
resist? Simply because the majority of the people who will be
helped are poor and predominately black American. America is
built on a class structure. Those in authority and the media
relate to those who are already in a position of prominence and
wealth and if you are not, and if you are not a part of the
prevailing group: “forget you”!
Case in point: I (jazzhu.com) produced, directed, wrote,
photographed and edited the only Jazz Film in film history to
cover the City of New Orleans named “New Orleans The Crescent”,
which covered the city and completely gets ride of any question
as to the “necessity” (as if you needed any reasoning as to why
to rebuild a city from Omaha, to New York City or to repairs
made after the San Francisco and Los Angeles earthquakes of
recent years) of rebuilding any American city. As this film
exists for the entire WORLD to see, why does this question of
rebuilding still persist?
Simply, because despite our best effort to let America know that
this one of a kind film exists, those in authority are
whistling-past-the-grave yard called New Orleans trying to
pretend that they did not hear us. Why? Because we are not a
part of any partisan group, just a part of the American group. I
personally contacted CNN’s Lou Dobbs’ staff to no avail; I sent
a tape to a Senior Producer at ABC’s Nightline, a Ms. Sarah Just
(the tape was received by ABC on September 19, 2005), I have
sent e-mails to every e-mail I could find for the City of New
Orleans and have in times past I tried to contact the State of
Louisiana about development in the state–ALL TO NO AVAIL. Why
is this happening? The perception is politics as usual, that as
ABC is owned by Disney Corp. and that CNN is owned by Time
Warner and that those companies do not want a top film making
headway and they did not produce it. AS for the city and state,
it is just POLITICS AS USUAL!
Why am I so strident, simply because when the first black baby,
elderly person or any person died in the City of New Orleans due
to negligence: ALL BETS ARE OFF! To quote MLK “Now is the Time!
The federal government, the State of Louisiana and the media,
now controlled by big business, are playing with fire and the
lives of Louisiana residence. Delaying immediate, smart,
articulate, inventive and decent action regarding New Orleans IS
NOT AN OPTION. Some hope not to spend billions of dollars on a
people–who if the governments of America had spent a percentage
of those monies on such people years ago and the media had stuck
on the governments of America to do so–would not have died and
we would not even ask the question as to why rebuild.
As for now, NEW ORLEANS THE CRESCENT (the movie) answers the
question WHY REBUILD NEW ORLEANS–now MOVE America!
By: HUMAN UTILITIES WHOLE ARMOUR®
