The Race Card already!!!!

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/haiti/article/750785--underlying-racism-infects-crisis-response-study?bn=1

Professor Saucier states that racism explains the reactions of many people to disasters such as Haiti and Katrina.   His study found that those with higher racist scores were less sympathetic to the predominantly African American victims of Katrina.  He further predicts that the reaction to the earthquake in Haiti might be an unwillingness to help....a "blind eye" if you will.

I don't think that I needed a University study to figure out that someone with racist attitudes might not have much sympathy for the plight of my relatives in North Korea.  I wouldn't expect much empathy for the victims of Katrina from a KKK sympathizer.  This is the sort of study that should be met with a collective "Duh"!!!!

Besides which it is not racist to naturally feel more empathy with those who you feel more kinship with.  I do think more about the suffering in North Korea than in Kashmir.  That being said it is a mark of a civilized society with empathy for his fellow man that we will not simply concern ourselves with tribal loyalties only.

Thus far, the reaction of the world to the disaster in Haiti has been admirable.  It is a race against time during which the first 72 hours are crucial.  World leaders have dispatched supplies and troops to assist in distributing aid in a rapid fashion.

Professor Saucier should hold his second guessing for a while at least.  Making such allegations as ships and planes race to save lives in Haiti is unseemly.