Would pick up the media … which pictures of black Americans – Volkskrant

Staff – 08/14/14, 12:40

The death of the black, unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the discussion about race relations in the United States and imaging of African Americans reignited in the media. again On Twitter, a new hashtag emerged: ‘if they’ gunned me down. ” The question is: if they shoot me which picture the media would use?

African-American citizens to interact with the action on the way young black men are put down as criminals by the media. The commentary is in response to the picture of Brown that was after his death frequently spread by major American news media. In the photo, he has a basketball shirt and he looks angry and defiant.

As a counterpart to circulate on social media images of Brown on his graduation and his family. In these pictures, it looks like the image of the quiet, shy boy as outlined by family and friends

The hashtag are always two pictures posted:. One in the military, in a suit or with family , friendly smile; and one in a hoodie with a cap, a defiant look and a bottle of liquor or a cigarette. In other words, the stereotype of the young black criminal

A collection of the most striking photos under the heading #IfTheyGunnedMeDown:

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