From Gulf to Gulf

[Anne McCabe]

You can see both photos and their captions at: 
http://www.wagsoft.com/Looting/Looting.html

Also, photos + captions + commentary: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/triciawang/38922728/
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/01/photo_controversy/index.html

Yahoo has issued a news statement 
(http://news.yahoo.com/page/photostatement) explaining why they removed 
one of the photos.

Best
Anne

Penrod, Diane wrote:

> It was the AP photos from the second or third day of the aftermath. 
> CNN had the photos with captions on TV, and Bill Maher's HBO weekly 
> show had photos with captions on it last night.
>  
> Sorry I can't give you more specifics.
>  
> Diane
>  
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> *From:* TheDiscourseStudiesList on behalf of dkc at UMICH.EDU
> *Sent:* Sat 9/3/2005 11:52 AM
> *To:* DISCOURS at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> *Subject:* Re: From Gulf to Gulf
>
> Can you provide a cite on that?
> On Sep 3, 2005, at 11:16 AM, JULIA EVANS wrote:
>
> > you might add that when the media was describing white people breaking
> > into stores for food etc. they used
> > the turn borrowing.....
> >
> > looting seems to be saved for minority populations, sadly
> > -J
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Christian Nelson <cnelson at COMM.UMASS.EDU>
> > Date: Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:14 am
> > Subject: Re: From Gulf to Gulf
> >
> >> An analysis of the discourse related to this event could really
> >> serve
> >> to cast a light on race/class relations in this country. Like the
> >> others who've posted on this thread, I've been struck by the
> >> class/race
> >> disparities in the government's (non)response to this disaster. (As
> >> another example, I learned that all the hospitals were quickly
> >> evacuated EXCEPT for the public ones, which serve the local poor,
> >> and
> >> which were only evacuated when their situation had gotten so dire
> >> that
> >> the administrators gave up begging the Louisiana Governor, etc. for
> >> help and called a radio station to air their grievances.) Those
> >> disparities are clearly reflected in the media's discourse about
> >> the
> >> people trapped in New Orleans--for instance, many of the reports of
> >> "looting" I've heard turn out to be about people breaking into
> >> cafeterias, etc. to find food. I find it hard to call this looting
> >> when
> >> engaged in by people who are running out of water and have gone
> >> without
> >> food for days, and when the food and drink involved will be
> >> uselessly
> >> spoiled LONG before anyone can retrieve it in order to sell it (a
> >> process that would take weeks if not months by all accounts). I
> >> hope
> >> someone has the time and inclination to analyze this discourse in
> >> order
> >> to expose the depths of racism and classism in America. Having said
> >> that, I think some historical perspective might focus light on
> >> where
> >> that racism and classism is deepest. In that regard, I think I'm
> >> remembering correctly that Bush Sr.'s loss to Clinton was in some
> >> part
> >> attributable to the poor performance of his FEMA director in
> >> response
> >> to another but smaller disaster (in fact, I think it was another
> >> hurricane--Hugo in '89, but I could be misremembering). Further, I
> >> recall that Clinton was hailed for appointing James Lee Witt to
> >> head
> >> FEMA, as he was only the first FEMA director who had any
> >> professional
> >> disaster relief experience. (Witt proved his worth by reforming
> >> FEMA,
> >> and the Clinton administration went on to distinguish itself for
> >> its
> >> responsiveness to natural disasters.) On the other hand, it might
> >> also
> >> be useful to recall the words of Marilyn Quail (the wife of Bush
> >> Sr.'s
> >> Vice President), who had chosen disaster relief as her pet project.
> >> If
> >> memory serves, when asked about her experience with disasters she
> >> said
> >> she didn't have any because she hadn't been "invited" to one--as
> >> though
> >> these were cotillions.
> >> --Christian Nelson
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> Deborah Keller-Cohen
> Professor, Linguistics and Women's Studies
> Program in Women's Studies
> 2110 Lane Hall
> University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
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