Angie, one of my blog's readers pointed out this discrepancy - ahem, racism - in Yahoo! News's coverage in a comments section. I wanna bring it to the surface. A photo story about white folks, with backpacks: "Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana."
A photo story about a young black guy, with plastic bag: "A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday."
Now all the folks involved have bags or backpacks, from their trip to grocery stores. So why the different coverage? I know, I know...
White Folks Find, Black Folks Loot?
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