Readers Write: Racist Bias In Katrina Coverage?
A friend of mine just sent me 2 AP photos with captions that break the New Orleans tragedy down into simple black and white terms. The arrows are added for emphasis. [Click to view at full size.]
Photo 1 - a white couple wading through water with bread they ‘found’
in a flooded grocery store.
Photo 2 - a black man wading through water with bread he ‘looted’ from
a flooded grocery store.
Nice and simple, eh? What the eff is wrong with this picture?
Oh, honey, that’s nothing. You wanna talk about, uh, pride? Check out the hometown quote in this little slice o’ life. Sigh.
