Is This Kansas

Throughout this story I had sensed a strong sense of racism.  Even though in the very beginning the author has mentioned that racism no longer exists, she still went on to compare the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to a tornado that had run through Iowa City.  In talking about the hurricane it was evident that in the aftermath aid and rescue was not happening nearly as fast as it should have.  The author then tells that reports of looting and violence had run wild throughout the media and even those reports would later be proven to being false people had already become attached to the idea that the people of New Orleans were "savages."  This really made me to start to question the integrity of society and if racism really is at large.  As I read on the author then began talking about her personal experience with a natural disaster in Iowa City.  The tornado there had completely devastated the small town and although looting was occurring reports of the disaster mainly were about neighbors helping each other out in times of need.  The author did a very nice job at showing how the two disasters were treated completely differently.  While I do agree with her that racism does still exist I had a really hard time getting past her very stereotypical view of college students in the Midwest.  Although I maybe only a freshman I have not experienced any of the things that she was talking about.