I'm disgusted!

[equusfur]

Comments

[ruwhei]

So are you disgusted that there is apparently racist reporting, or that someone put together a propaganda piece trying to show racism?

I saw the same "black" picture on reuters and the report was "A man carries groceries through the flood waters", not "Looting a grocery store". This makes me suspicious that there was editing of the text just to show that there is racism.

[kakoukorakos]

Maybe AP is racist, or maybe they edited a bit after being called on that. At least NPR is pretty balanced, they say that everyone is looting the supermarkets (and liquor stores), and interview folks who are white and black, as well as some travellers from Europe who had the misfortune to find themselves in the middle of a disaster for their vacations.

[ruwhei]

I found that snopes put in a message about it:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/katrina/looters.asp

[equusfur]

I heard on NPR this morning that the white folk had gotten their groceries floating outside a demolished supermarket while the black kid had gone into the supermarket. There's your difference.