Is Dave Brooks seriously, no shit saying that the Haitians had it coming because they practice voudoun? Seriously? That's the kind of statement I expect only from crazy religious fundamentalists like the late Jerry Falwell, no from the New York Times. It ought to be angy conservative New York Post collumnist rhetoric, at best.
The part where he explains that social programs work best when they're run by people who don't understand the factors behind poverty (or understand the local culture, presumably) and don't care about them is extra special.
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Date: 2010-01-16 07:08 am (UTC)The part where he explains that social programs work best when they're run by people who don't understand the factors behind poverty (or understand the local culture, presumably) and don't care about them is extra special.