'Is the media in the business of preserving 'white purity' through the 'Black criminality or culpability'?' Media outlets slammed for using images of Black people to report on monkeypox outbreak in Europe and North America
WHO reports 92 laboratory-confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases from 12 countries, including several European nations, US, Australia and Canada.
African journalists have slammed media outlets using images of Black people alongside stories of the monkeypox outbreak in predominantly white countries, saying such reportage promotes "negative stereotype," assigning the "calamity to the African race." "Is the media in the business of 'preserving white purity' through the 'Black criminality or culpability'," the Kenya-based Foreign Press Association, Africa [FPPA] asked in a statement amid monkeypox outbreak in North America and Europe.
"The virus can occur in any region of the world, regardless of race or ethnicity… No race or skin complexion should be the face of the disease. It is therefore disturbing for European and North American media outlets to use stock images bearing persons of black and dark and African skin complexion to depict an outbreak of the disease in the United Kingdom and North America," the press association said.If you look at photos, you'd think cases of monkey pox are rising in Africa because western news organisations are choosing photos of black African hands to tell the story.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
EXCLUSIVE: Mexican State's Top Politician's Son Flagged for Bank Fraud in EuropeThe son of a top Mexican politician who is currently a border state gubernatorial candidate has been flagged for bank fraud in Europe.
Les mer »
First baby formula flights from Europe to arrive this weekendThe White House says 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula will leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany and arrive in the U.S. this weekend.
Les mer »
Get Ukraine to 'accept Putin's demands,' ex-PM of Italy tells EuropeSilvio Berlusconi had a close relationship with Vladimir Putin, which started in the 2000s.
Les mer »
Military aircraft arrives in U.S. with baby formula from Europe amid shortage78,000 pounds of formula landed in Indiana on Sunday after President Joe Biden authorized a program to import formula from abroad.
Les mer »
Robert Gates: Ronald Reagan warned Europe against letting Russia build energy pipelinesFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates noted Sunday that Europe had been warned for decades about allowing Russia to build oil pipelines and becoming dependent on the Kremlin for energy.
Les mer »
Robert Gates says NATO expansion 'changes the geopolitics of Europe in a dramatic way'Gates, who served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine could continue to hurt Russia's economy.
Les mer »