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'''Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr.''' (born June 11, 1956), is the former [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served from 2002 to 2010. A  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he gained national prominence in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, when his failed evacuation of the city led to the death of some one thousand citizens; he blamed the deaths on the [[George W. Bush]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] administration. Nagin's critics though said the deaths were caused by the mayor's inaction. He forbid the use of hundreds of New Orleans city buses that could have been used for evacuation. He also sparked controversy on [[Martin Luther King]] Day 2006, when he said of the rebuilding of New Orleans:

'''Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr.''' (born June 11, 1956), is the former [[mayor]] of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served from 2002 to 2010. A  [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he gained national prominence in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, when his failed evacuation of the city led to the death of some one thousand citizens. Though Nagin blamed the deaths on the [[George W. Bush]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] administration, the mayor's critics said that the deaths were caused by the inaction of Nagin, who forbade the use of hundreds of New Orleans city buses for evacuation purposes.  

"We ask black people: it's time. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a [[chocolate]] New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority [[African-American]] city. It's the way [[God]] wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way."<ref>http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/news/t-p/stories/011706_nagin_transcript.html</ref>

"We ask black people: it's time. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a [[chocolate]] New Orleans. And I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority [[African-American]] city. It's the way [[God]] wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way."<ref>http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/news/t-p/stories/011706_nagin_transcript.html</ref></blockquote>

After the statement, he insisted he wasn't being divisive: "How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about." He subsequently apologized for the statement.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/</ref>

After the statement, he insisted he wasn't being divisive: "How do you make chocolate? You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about." He subsequently apologized for the statement.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/</ref>