Columnist Desiree Cooper writes about parallels between Detroit and New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "I couldn't help but think: If Detroit were underwater, no one would bother to rescue us either," she writes. The column includes comments from Alicia Nails, director of the Journalism Institute for Minorities at Wayne State . "It was like back in slavery when families were broken up indiscriminately," she said. "Sept 11 was one horrible moment, but afterwards you had the sense that everything was being taken care of. With Hurricane Katrina, people still didn't have water days later." The column also includes a comment from WSU junior Kristal Harris, president of the campus NAACP. She said race did not play a part in her decision to get involved in helping victims. "If anything happens to a part of our nation, it affects all of us," she said.