[StBernard] MTV - ST. BERNAD PROJECT

[Westley Annis]

"St. Bernard was more devastated. So, I feel MTV should have presented it as
just St. Bernard, not anything to do with New Orleans. Just my
opinion--Syl."

Jer responds:

Absolutely, right, Syl. But, who else but those in St. Bernard will
sincerely understand this phenomena?

Why can we expect a liberal (now AfriKanized stations like MTV, CNN, NBC,
ABC, and even the New York Times, etc.) to support a majority faction when
these stations work so hard at distancing themselves from and can beat up on
a dying majority? The Liberal media gets more press and sells more papers
when they can easily play the race card to draw sympathy. "Whites played no
role in the survival of America's worse disaster", according to what we have
witnessed. They believe that St. Bernard, a significant white suburb is too
lilly-white for their media. In these times, no sympathy for the working
class or poor whites which made up the parish's majority. We know this by
having watched their broadcasts or read their lop-sided media. We saw Brad
Pitt, Spit, Spat and Spunk at St. Bernard believing what he saw during very
horrendous moments: you know, where blacks were wading in 3 feet of water at
the Convention Center/Dome or looting stores to get wide-screen TV's,
name-brand Running Shoes, etc. Doesn't these pictures speak volumes instead
of 12 feet of water over roof-tops, or boats everywhere, or oil in the
streets, or people on rooftops?

St. Bernard is simply geographically in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It is at the end of the world geographically to get the press it needed and
existing at the wrong time--when it seems there is no respect to people in
today's media to include anyone who is not a minority. According to them,
they are the only victims from Katrina and it's so easy to turn one's eyes
and attention to what's pop-culturally more easy on the eyes on their
channels--being a minority is iconic and everyone else, is simply a drag and
non-interest to the media and liberals. 

Forget about St. Bernard being mentioned appropriately or with any degree of
warmth. It didn't happen then, and it won't happen again because it's all
about what's socially acceptable in our time and what brings in da big bucks
culturally. What a shame. Because if we tend to support those who "dis" us
to the max, we need to get our brains examined and our a$$es kicked for
being stupid enough to do/be so. Hell, we're proud as St. Bernardians, and
if we're a majority, we also shouldn't excuse ourselves for being such
simply because we're on the wrong side of the cultural playing field.

--jer-- 



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I'm glad the St.Bernard Project was highlighted on MTV & the Youth Inaugural
Ball, but was disappointed that they said it was coming from New Orleans.
St. Bernard Parish was mentioined, but I would have liked it much better if
it was understood that we are not part on New Orleans.  It reminded me when
we were in Texas and everything we heard on TV was about New Orleans & the
Convention Center.  We couldn't get any news on St. Bernard.  When I asked 2
different reporters about this, I was told it was because New Orleans was
more well-knowned.  I didn't care then & I don't now.  St. Bernard was more
devastated.  So, I feel MTV should have presented it as just St. Bernard,
not anything to do with New Orleans.  Just my opinion.

Syl