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An example of media racial bias
I hate to go there, but this made me mad. :mad: Hurricane Katrina affected everyone, but yet - the media wants to make a differienation as to what is what....
When whites break into a grocery store for food, its called "finding" The "finding" article When blacks break into a grocery store for food, its called "looting" The "looting" article If I could post the pics (before they change) I would. :mad: |
I was just reading about this on the "blackfolk" livejournal community.
*SMH* :mad: |
I guess the White folx "found" stuff that the looters dropped. :mad:
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Oh hayle naw! :mad: SMH in disgust
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White people "finding": http://www.bairey.com/journal/katrina3.jpg Black people "looting": http://www.bairey.com/journal/katrina1.jpg , http://www.bairey.com/journal/katrina2.jpg And an interesting MetaFilter thread: http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/44689 |
This is not a surprise......:mad:
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I also agree that I don't consider the taking of groceries, diapers, other basic need items (and yes even liquor) from these stores a bad thing. After all those products will not be sold anytime in the future, and folx need to survive. (And, the liquor is needed for self-medication after such a traumatic experience. But I hope someone doesn't die because they were drunk and thought they could walk on water.) Now TVs, etc. What the heck. There is no electricity and the units will just get waterlogged anyway, and not work. And where are you going to put them if you have no home??? That to me is just stupid. |
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But Im still bothered but I should be use to it, right? |
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If it's looting, then it's looting no matter who is doing it. period. ...and memo to President Bush and whatever cabinet delegation may be flying to visit the Gulf Coast region today. Before yall roll out, please load up Air Force One with aid workers and supplies/food, and distribute them to these people while you are there. Really, we're what, 5 days into this? The glaring absence of an effective implementation is alarming. |
Primetime talked about these pictures last night. It's disgusting but I'm not surprised. The majority of the people I've seen on tv are Black so it was only a matter of time til they started protraying us as animals.
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There was an article in the San Francisco Chronicle a day or so ago that interviewed a woman who was seeking refuge in the Ritz Carlton. In the article, the woman mentioned that the hotel staff urged the guests to loot the neighboring stores as they ran out of resources. The problem is, of course, if those people look at TV and see people who look like them committing the crimes, it becomes a bit more difficult to remain detached from the events. They'll have to start caring if they start seeing pale looters on their televisions. |
The more I watched Primetime and Nightline (with Ted Koppell) the angrier I got - Bush and his administration are STILL not willing to admit that they have not responded in a timely manner. FEMA claimed there were 15,000 people at the Superdome & the mayor has been saying from jump it was 25,000 or more. When the representative from FEMA tried to say "well we just confirmed today how many people were really there" Ted Koppell dug his foot so far up his behind I think ole boy will be standing for the next two weeks.
Its scary to me the double talk that this administration will do to justify their short sighted decisions. -they will not acknowledge how many people have been stranded -when Diane Sawyer questioned Bush about people looting BECASUE THEY ARE HUNGRY he refuses to acknowledge that FEMA is not reaching everyone and is enforcing the shoot first rule. -when the man from FEMA tried to say "well we can't be responsible when people don't follow evacuation orders" Koppell shot back HOW are people without cars or money to rent hotel rooms suppossed to leave if the GUARD wasn't available to provide buses,trains,boats, flat bed trucks for them to leave on?? - The money to upkeep and strengthen the levy was taken away in the last round of budget cuts in order to support Bush's war (I wonder how those states that benefited from the pork with nonsensical "needs" feel now? Hope they give back doublefold. - The National Guard that should have been the first responders to assist with the evacuation are currently stationed in Iraq/Afghanistan (over 50%) - there was no plan in place despite repeated requests on how guards from other states would be depolyed in a state of emergency. Now days later they are still on the way & the federal government is trying to lay blame on city/state officials for not being able to handle the evacuation properly. -Koppel brought up race (was it an issue in why it was taking so long)- FEMA denied it but you can't tell me if a tornado hit the Hamptons or an earthquake hit Orange County where the majority of the victims were white that the response would not have been better. It will be interesting to see how this plays out for the current adminstration. Seeing their families not being taken care of is MORE demoralizing than anything any anti war protestors could say to the troops. I SO miss Peter Jennings right now...but so far his colleagues at ABC seem to be holding it down. |
from Mo Kelly
I'm going to take a 'wait and see' approach. I'll do my best to remain both patient and prayerful. My prayers will go out to the victims, the survivors and the displaced. My patience will go out to the rest of the world and I will bide my time and wait to see if the world (including those in America) will do right by 'us' in our time of need.
As the death toll rises and my television set becomes more and more inundated…wait…bad choice of words... As my television set becomes overwhelmed with images of people…Black people living atop freeways and rooftops with their life's belongings in a little plastic bag alongside them, I remain fearful. I fear the possibility that the tremendous and immediate response to reach out to the tsunami victims on that side of the world will not be duplicated for the victims of hurricane Katrina on this side. I sense a lukewarm relief effort and I pray to God that I'm wrong. Yet, already I see the disparate treatment starting. In pictures of Black people afloat with items next to them, they are invariably characterized as looters. In virtually identical pictures with White people making their way through the water, the caption characterizes them as people who've 'found' their respective items. (see pictures below) When I turn on talk radio, far too much time is spent discussing how the residents in the gulf region (mind you majority African-American) were 'warned' and could've/should've evacuated. The anger inside me grows exponentially because I think I've heard this song before and already know the words. There won't be the unbridled outpouring of support and aid relative to our support for Iraqis or the victims of the tsunami. I fear that we'll do everything in our power to 'liberate' Iraqis and something else far short of that to save African-American hurricane survivors. I pray to God I'm wrong on all accounts. Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing disasters. I'm merely acknowledging the likelihood of disparate, discriminate and ultimately inequitable response to said disasters. Damnit, I want to see telethons, public service announcements, presidential speeches and most important a ish-load of money on its way to save these people. My people. It's during moments like these that I wish I was something more than a writer. Writers change the world over time; one word at a time. But my people who've fallen victim to hurricane Katrina don't need a writer; they need much more than that and far quicker in nature. That fact isn't lost on me. The gulf region is a relatively economically depressed region. No…check that, it is for the most part a destitute region. It has been that way since the period of reconstruction after the civil war. I say that to say, a warning could have gone out that a nuclear warhead was going to detonate on Friday at 8:05 pm and the result would have been the same. These people had nowhere to go. Many did not have cars, the wherewithal or even a destination in which to go. How often do you hear of a multiple generations of a family living within 10 square miles of each other…if not the very same house? In the 'hood, it's very common. It's the definition of abject poverty. You can't leave, your children can't leave and very likely their children will not either. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Don't expect that to change in a moment's notice, crisis or not. What is one to do…walk to Arkansas? That's about the only option as buying a plane ticket to California and making sure your house insurance is current is likely not an option if you're a 3rd generation resident of Gulfport MS. A similar parallel can be drawn between this disaster and the genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan. Political pundits asked why the majority of the indigenous people remained, even long after the genocide began. It's very simple. Where were they to go? And how were they to get there? Those who 'could' go, ended up WALKING to the neighboring country of Chad. If it were a hurricane like in New Orleans, those who chose to walk would've been wiped out, regardless. Many waited months to decide to finally trek the many hundreds miles in most cases to reach the border. Those who 'could' leave New Orleans surely did. Don't insult my intelligence. And those in Mississippi didn't even know what hit them. Let's not forget that even up until the eve of hurricane Katrina reaching New Orleans, public reports were that it likely was not a storm that would travel far enough inland or wreak as much havoc as it ultimately did. The subsequent yet subtle characterization of those who died in the storm as being somehow 'stupid' for not evacuating is sickening and envelops me in anger. I don't condone the subsequent looting, but neither do I condone the subsequent lunacy that would try to lessen the scope of this tragedy or the aid it necessitates. I'm going to take a wait and see approach. I'll do my best to remain both patient and prayerful. My prayers will go out to the victims, the survivors and the displaced. My patience will go out to the rest of the world and I will bide my time and wait to see if the world (including those in America will do right by 'us' in our time of need. I hope America will prove me wrong and I pray for the restoration of those victimized by this disaster. Morris W. O'Kelly is a Producer/Editor of the Tavis Smiley Show on Public Radio International. The content of the Mo'Kelly Report reflects the views of the writer only and are neither specifically shared nor implicitly endorsed by The Smiley Group, Inc. or associated companies. He can be reached at dark.gable@sbcglobal.net and welcomes all commentary. |
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But I'm not surprised. I've been a reporter for roughly 16 years and it shows who's running news desks and such. I wonder if there will be some repercussions in terms of the caption. For years, the AP had "diversity programs" and this can't help that cause. |
Sorry for hijacking your thread but after reading the postings I decided to e-mail the AP to ask them about the racial bias with the pictures and articles. I'm sure I probably will not receive an e-mail back but at least I let them know about there media difference.
Maybe they will remove it if enough people write in to complain. The e-mail address is feedback@ap.org |
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*now relinquishing my right to speak for the Deltas and apologizing in advance before CT4 comes at me with the angry face again :mad: * lol |
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Annice, welcome. :) |
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I have been so angry, so sad, so worried. NO is my second home. I got a very few of Mr. Krisco's people that were ABLE to leave, here with us as I type.
Martial law and a serious, federal gov't MANDATORY complete evacuation should have been declared and ordered when they KNEW a cat 5 storm was coming to the city damn near two weeks ago. The had already predicted the worse years before this even happened! The what if's in this situtation should have been the medium for a contingency plan that should have been able to have been executed. This is just wrong, I am mad, and I must pray. Sorry ladies and gents...its just too much. It doesn't matter if you know someone from NO, and surrounding areas or not this affects you. Even in a catastrophic disaster, our people cannot erase amerikkka's ingrained image of us being savages. God help us...its nearing the end. |
Steeltrap, I'm a journalist (former) too and this type of reporting makes me want to report again. But, I'm certainly not surprised because we know these disparities have existed forever in the media and the only way we can change it is to have our on media outlets.
When I saw those pictures and captions I was out done :mad: but not surprised. |
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Before BET was Viacom-ed, wasn't there some talk there about starting an all news network?
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Quote "when the man from FEMA tried to say "well we can't be responsible when people don't follow evacuation orders" Koppell shot back HOW are people without cars or money to rent hotel rooms suppossed to leave if the GUARD wasn't available to provide buses,trains,boats, flat bed trucks for them to leave on??"
The director of FEMA is clearly out of touch and is a total idiot for making that comment. NOT EVRYONE HAS THE MEANS TO EVACUATE. You mean to tell me someone who has supposedly been in charge of other diasters doesn't know that! I am so tired of the lack of empathy of these so called leaders and their total incompetence. |
Yahoo statement
Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/page/photostatement To Yahoo! News readers: News photos are an especially popular section of Yahoo! News. In part, this is because we present thousands of news photos from some of the leading news services, including The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France Press. To make this volume of photos available in a timely manner, we present the photos and their captions as written, edited and distributed by the news services with no additional editing at Yahoo! News. In recent days, a number of readers of Yahoo! News have commented on differences in the language in two Hurricane Katrina-related photo captions (from two news services). Since the controversy began, the supplier of one of the photos – AFP – has asked all its clients to remove the photo from their databases. Yahoo! News has complied with the AFP request. Here are a few of the postings that have commented on the photo caption language: Flickr Salon Romenesko Gothamist You can comment on the issue on this message board. Yahoo! News regrets that these photos and captions, viewed together, may have suggested a racial bias on our part. We remain committed to bringing our readers the full collection of photos as transmitted by our wire service partners. Neil Budde General Manager Yahoo! News ------------------------------ From my understanding, they removed the people that "found" food. :rolleyes: |
I too do not like the language attributed to those African Americans in the hurricane situation if they were so called looters they were doing what they had to do in order to stay alive mostly eat, and how can one be a refugee in one's own country, several people have spoken on tv and stated that they were survivors not refugees! Once again we can supposedly protect human rights around the world but what about in our own backyard!
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