أكد رد إدارة بوش على الإعصار شكوك السود الذين يرسلون أولادهم لخوض حروب أمريكا ويستثنون من ازدهارها، لا بل ويحرمون من التفهم والاهتمام عند حاجتهم إليه.
The Bush administration’s response to the hurricane confirmed the suspicion among blacks that, while they might send their boys to fight America’s wars, they had not only been left behind in America’s prosperity, but that there was neither understanding nor concern when they needed it most.