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31/8/2005

[unequal]

Racism Nicely Flickred comparison of two press reports - the black person “looted” food, while the white people “found” food. (Thanks to Dustin3000) (though maybe Metafilter was first on this)
Filed under:General — Jill @ 18:00 [ ]

6 Responses to “unequal”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    I saw this on Wonkette early yesterday - www.wonkette.com

  2. Alexander Says:

    I’ve seen this in so many blogs — but these photos came from two different news agencies: AP calls it looting and AFP calls it finding food.

  3. Alexander Says:

    To put things in perspective — here’s what the photographer of the AFP/Getty pictures writes.

  4. Jill Says:

    Thanks for the link, Alexander, and yeah, I realise they were from two different agencies.

  5. k-märkt Says:

    2615: Malcolm Gladwell “Blink”

    Titel: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Författare: Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0713997273 Förlag: Time Warner Audiobooks Format: Ljudbok…

  6. 2615: Malcolm Gladwell “Blink” | 2652 böcker kvar Says:

    […] Nicely Flickred comparison of two press reports - the black person “looted” food, while the white people “found” food. (Thanks to Dustin3000) (though maybe Metafilter was first on this) jill/txt unequal [via Sum of My Parts] (2005-08-31) […]

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