06-25-2013, 03:05 AM
Demographic, FWIW:
Calgary (2011)
White 67.3%
South Asian 7.5%
Chinese 6.8%
Black 2.9%
Filipino 4.4%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic...#Ethnicity
New Orleans (2000) (pre-Katrina)
White 28.05%
Black 67.25%
Asian 2.26%
http://neworleans.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Is it racial, cultural, economic, or some combination thereof? It seems reasonable to expect that if two-thirds of a given population are uneducated, drug-addled welfare cases the scale of disaster will be substantially larger than if two-thirds or more are educated, resourceful and self-reliant.
Calgary (2011)
White 67.3%
South Asian 7.5%
Chinese 6.8%
Black 2.9%
Filipino 4.4%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic...#Ethnicity
New Orleans (2000) (pre-Katrina)
White 28.05%
Black 67.25%
Asian 2.26%
http://neworleans.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
Is it racial, cultural, economic, or some combination thereof? It seems reasonable to expect that if two-thirds of a given population are uneducated, drug-addled welfare cases the scale of disaster will be substantially larger than if two-thirds or more are educated, resourceful and self-reliant.