Inhumanity

We just finished the Katrina videos. I am so angered at the lack of humanity and compassion that was depicted in these videos. It is clear that any assumption the government is capable of, or prepared to, respond effectively in a humanitarian capacity is flawed. I don't know how, or if, we are ready to transcend issues of race, class or gender when clear evidence of these disparities play out or remain masked in our schools and society. Why does good change take so long?