Any time I find a video that shows how New Orleans culture is cultivated by the street, I will show it. Any time I see a video that shows profound protest over the destruction of the projects, I will show it.

Just when I thought that I could not be more disgusted by our country — our governments — here comes HUD. I brought it up last week, and I might bring it up next week: tearing down the projects in New Orleans is tantamount to displacing a population. A step away from genocide.

American style genocide won’t come with jackbooted thugs hauling black people off to concentration camps (unless, of course, you consider the current penitentiaries and the current drug laws). It will come with a lack of health care, a lack of education, and — now — a lack of housing.

Can New Orleans culture survive? I want to say that it is durable — tenacious — and can’t be wiped out by HUD. I want to say that.

Here is a video that suggests that positive view: Grassroots Dancing.

Here is another. Watch this video behind the cut to see more new Orleans than any tourist has ever seen: "Bout it bout it."