“Sadly, the media has ignored the universal elements of this story, distracted perhaps by the unfamiliar names and thick accents of the victims’ families. They present a narrative more reassuring to their viewers, one which rarely uses the word terrorism and which makes it clear that you have little to worry about if you’re not Sikh or Muslim.”
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Naunihal Singh argues the media treated the shootings in Oak Creek and Aurora very differently — in The New Yorker (via azmatzahra)
“One which rarely uses the word terrorism and which makes it clear that you have little to worry about if you’re not Sikh or Muslim.”
“One which rarely uses the word terrorism and which makes it clear that you have little to worry about if you’re not Sikh or Muslim.”
“One which rarely uses the word terrorism and which makes it clear that you have little to worry about if you’re not Sikh or Muslim.”
There’s the truth.
(via mehreenkasana)
(via mehreenkasana)
