Racist Media During Katrina Aftermath

Getting ideas together for the project on Thursday reminded me of some blatant racism on behalf of the media that stemmed from Hurricane Katrina.  Numerous images of hardship and people surviving came out during the ensuing aftermath.  Of those images there was a disproportionate amount of black people "looting" necessities such as bread and clean water, you know those two things we need to survive.  However, pictures of white people doing the very same thing produced captions that replaced the word "looting" with "finding".  Also, as the Article I referenced points out, the "heartbreak" stories meant to spur sympathy among American citizens were by and large about white families who lost everything as a result of the hurricane despite a 2.5:1 black to white ratio.  It just shows that in times like these, when the masses are distracted with tragedy, that old racist ideals can sneak in under the radar strong as ever until someone with a far-reaching voice calls them out on it.