I think that many of us were outraged by the idea of there"being a Katrina, before there was Katrina". We aren't blinded by the thought of racism not existing, but it still boggles the mind to know that someone really doesn't care about another human being's life simply because their skin is a shade darker. By 1927 slavery was over, but apparently many didn't get the memo; forcing African Americans to build a makeshift levy is just wrong, FORCING anybody to do it is illegal.
     Honestly, I had no clue that they were building the levy's with mud. I know that this was in the 1920's, but my common sense tells me that mud isn't going to hold ton's of water rushing in at speeds of only God knows what. I would say I that couldn't believe that they forced blacks to stay here and work while "pretending" that there was no space on the boat for them, but unfortunately I believe it. Unfortunately, I know too much of the truth about the world that surrounds me. Unfortunately, I know that so many still hold on to these racist beliefs even now. Unfortunately, I still have to overcome them.

     Just to my curiosity, I surveyed a couple of my friends to see if they had even heard of this flood, and not surprisingly they hadn't. I hadn't even heard of this flood until this class introduced it to me. What did surprise me was that my grandmother, who was born in 1936, had never heard of this. Me not knowing didn't hurt me as much, but when she told me that she had never heard of it, it just showed me how much white history that we'd been taught. Even back then they didn't know about something so significant in history that happened, not even 20 years prior. It's amazing how much of black history wasn't taught, even in black schools. Mind you that even their curriculum was based on white history. I hate that none of this amazes me anymore.