The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black.
Charles RangelNow is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
Charles RangelI, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.
Charles Rangel