Pay particular attention to the demographic makeup in terms of race for the area in question.
Pure mathematical logic would dictate that more Blacks would be looting than Whites in that particular area, since they make up a majority of the population there, no? No pun intended, but the numbers are pretty "black and white" unless I've missed something. I would expect the stories to be of a somewhat similar skew if race is being made an issue...
Or is this a case of the white minority there and their conservative pals in the press there sticking it to "The Man"? If so, quit discriminating against my kind!
Most other stories I've read talk about folks tossing rocks through windows of boutiques and then filling trash-cans with jewelry and reams of clothing; last time I checked, these are the last items one usually needs in a natural disaster...
Grocery stores I can somewhat understand if the need is truly there, but car-jackings, shootings and free-range thievery I can't; I was raised better.
Before I get slapped with the pansy-assed, upper-class, lily-white WASP label due to my musings, don't forget I grew up with food stamps, hunting to help place food on the table and a large farm garden that was the staple of the table until much better times came about.
I'm seeing a matter of statistics here, not any particularly powerful social commentary, Antonio. Now, if this was Connecticut we were talking about, I'd jump on your bandwagon fairly quick. Don't take any disrespect, but I just don't see any echoes of white hoods, Jim Crow or burning crosses in the reporting that I've read so far.
Stats have nothing to do with it. You can have a majority by numbers but as long as one has control of the power, numbers mean nothing.
It is proven that memebers of a colonized society well have a very hard time at being accepted in the dominmant culture. I suggest you study Blauners Hypothesis on race relations in this country. Oh, and also study how the media promotes and fosters stereotypes.
I have no problems with "The Man." You see, "the man" has a problem with me. "He" does not want me to succeed at anything. I have no problems with white people. I do have problems with white people that think that everything is "all good" when it is not.
And to the fools who say my posts are pointless... I still post and you still reply.
livinsvt, let me know when you are done. Stop using the crutch, "that if a white person did...." It is old homeboy. Quite frankly, it makes you look ignorant about the matter. If you don't have input on the discussion, then I kindly ask you to "shut the hell up."
If so, quit discriminating against my kind! 
