Racism In Media Analysis
“Reginald Bell, a black Algiers resident, stood on a street several blocks from his home, staring down the barrel of a white man’s pump-action shotgun fixed on him from a balcony. Bell was told his kind wasn’t wanted around…”. This is wouldn’t be headlined. what would be headlined would be anything that targeted African Americans and this angered the African American community. What journalists should do to avoid racism when covering natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, is to steer clear of stereotypes, choose their words carefully, and include stories from individuals who were actually affected by the storm.
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful storm to hit New Orleans. The aftermath of the storm caught the attention of world. The storm …show more content…
“Two residents wade after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday , August 30, 2005...” . “A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005…”. Journalist demonstrate here stereotypes.
Another thing journalists should do to avoid racism in their coverage on natural disasters is that they should choose the words that will be in their content carefully. “The story, as the mainstream media presented it at the time, was about marauding hordes of looters, rapists and murderers swarming through the streets. The descriptions were pretty clearly focused on African-Americans…” These things were all later proved to be mostly untrue.
Lastly, an additional thing journalists should do to avoid racism in their coverage on natural disasters is that they should have interviewed more individuals who actually had been affected by the storm, precisely African Americans. “‘We’ve been screaming it from the top of our lungs since those first days, but nobody wanted to listen’...It was not until last year when he was interviewed by a federal grand jury looking into civil rights violations in post-Katrina New Orleans that people seemed to pay attention, he said”. Many African American were ignored and so their voices were
Hurricane Katrina was a powerful storm to hit New Orleans. The aftermath of the storm caught the attention of world. The storm …show more content…
“Two residents wade after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday , August 30, 2005...” . “A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005…”. Journalist demonstrate here stereotypes.
Another thing journalists should do to avoid racism in their coverage on natural disasters is that they should choose the words that will be in their content carefully. “The story, as the mainstream media presented it at the time, was about marauding hordes of looters, rapists and murderers swarming through the streets. The descriptions were pretty clearly focused on African-Americans…” These things were all later proved to be mostly untrue.
Lastly, an additional thing journalists should do to avoid racism in their coverage on natural disasters is that they should have interviewed more individuals who actually had been affected by the storm, precisely African Americans. “‘We’ve been screaming it from the top of our lungs since those first days, but nobody wanted to listen’...It was not until last year when he was interviewed by a federal grand jury looking into civil rights violations in post-Katrina New Orleans that people seemed to pay attention, he said”. Many African American were ignored and so their voices were