(I haven't seen this posted yet, but if it's old news, please let me know and I'll delete.)
By now, almost everyone has seen the picture showing two white people carrying food, with a caption saying that they were wading through water after "finding" bread and soda. We are equally familiar with a picture showing a black man with food, with a caption saying that he was wading through water after "looting" a grocery store. The pictures and captions have been widely cited as proof of racism in the media. It's not limited to the blogosphere; even Kanye West commented bitterly on the captions (in the same segment in which he said that George Bush doesn't care about black people).
What I don't think most people have seen (at least I hadn't before today) are the comments from the photographers and their news agencies. These comments suggest that there was no racial motive, even subconscious, behind the different labels.
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