A New Orleans man gives his thanks for the charity of Utahns:
When the Andrews arrived at a displacement camp outside Salt Lake City in September 2005, they expressed cautious optimism about Utah but concern about how the largely white population would respond to the new blacks moving there.A year later, Larry Andrews is still filled with doubts.
"We (blacks) used to live in Africa and we were moved to New Orleans and we had to adapt there," he said. "Now we are in Utah and we have to adapt here. We're tired of adapting."
Asked if his apartment living room with two computers, a television, a stereo and a boom box indicated a better life materially, he said: "What's in here, in my heart, I'm not. I'm confused. We were living better where we was."
Theoretically, he could always get his act together and move wherever he likes; that's how it is with most people.
If worse came to worst, he could always put his stuff in a wheelbarrow and push it to the state of his choice. It's been done.
Hard to believe that's a 37-year-old man talking.
UPDATE:
Role models: Larry's not the only one who thinks someone else is supposed to wipe his behind.
It isn't really that hard to believe..not when the magic money government seems to be waiting for any opporunity to give somebody some of my dough.
So based on his line of reasoning, I guess he would think it groovy if he had his own country..
is there a bill I havent heard about ??
Posted by: csason at August 29, 2006 04:43 PMHe's tired of adapting???
Adapt or die, you Darwinian loser.
So why doesn't he put out his thumb and hitch back to Nawlins? Or would that be adapting?
This guy is a member in good standing of The Victim and Whiners Club. It's an organization for the hyper-vigilant and thin-skinned who have a sense of entitlement. Being victimized is easy --just live long enough to rack up a few of fate's arrows -- but unless you have the rest of those virtues, you can't join the V&W Club.
Someone flush him, please.
Posted by: dymphna at September 2, 2006 11:45 AMPiaget defined intelligence as the ability to adapt. So there ya go.
Posted by: Donnah at September 2, 2006 11:53 AMThat's a hoot. If he REALLY wants to try and adapt, he should try Africa. If Africa is where everything was so peachy-keen, he should be able to head back and live like a king. I don't think the handout classes have it quite as good there, Larry.
Posted by: Preston Taylor Holmes at September 4, 2006 10:02 AMIn Africa, he could contemplate the great unfairness of life while laying on the ground waiting in vain for a hand-out.
Posted by: Donnah at September 6, 2006 11:37 AM