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"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>
"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>https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/17/nagin.city/</ref>
In 2006, Nagin became involved in further controversy when he referred to Ground Zero in [[New York City]] as a "hole in the ground". He was critical of the rebuilding effort there. He was ineligible to seek a third term as mayor in 2010, and the position went to fellow Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], then the Louisiana lieutenant governor.
In 2006, Nagin became involved in further controversy when he referred to Ground Zero in [[New York City]] as a "hole in the ground". He was critical of the rebuilding effort there. He was ineligible to seek a third term as mayor in 2010, and the position went to fellow Democrat [[Mitch Landrieu]], then the Louisiana lieutenant governor.