The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't have the voices that are really interesting to me, of the people who are not sheltered by the big umbrella of the establishment.
Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
Sometimes the British press is maybe a little bit racist.
I think there's a difference between calling people out and understanding the role that the press plays in a free society.
A lot of newsrooms have thought very carefully about how they cover race. I don't think the same conversations have gone on regarding women.
There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.
It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.
When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black viewers, and everyone else, of black inferiority.