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Archive for September 1st, 2009

Four Years After Katrina

7:12 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · housing|Immigration|Obama|Politics · 1 Comment

1 Sep 2009

I cannot believe that this weekend marked four years since the natural and human devastation that was Hurricane Katrina. Pero what I really can’t wrap my head around is how little has actually changed for so many residents of the Gulf Coast Region. A part of me watched President Obama’s statement below with disappointment. I know he is just another politician in so many ways pero considering his platform and presentation, I expected (expect)/want more from him than speeches. Would it have been such a bad idea for the first president of color to go in his first year of office to the Gulf Coast Region instead of sitting in a studio making a statement in a suit?


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