Despite the importance of a free press to informed political discourse, it often appears that whitestream journalists are more invested in the “if it bleeds, it leads” strategy than in substantive coverage of civil rights uprisings. Critiques of news stories that painted protestors as violent emerged early and often and, as many were quick to note, this coverage often evaporated when protests continued without the violent presence of militarized police. As I compose this, concerns remain about media coverage of protests in response to the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, and others. From Abbott #1 (January 2018).Īs a literary and media studies scholar-and a writer more broadly-it is hard to look at our contemporary moment and not reflect on the role that writing plays in maintaining white supremacy. The recent headlines from the Detroit Daily feature Elena’s article on the murder of a fourteen-year-old Black boy.
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