Martin Berger’s theory of how the media often featured photographs of black victims to draw out the sympathy of white people in order to pave the way of civil rights legislation is useful because it sheds light on the difficult problem of this “white savior complex” that in turn downplays and limits the extent for race reform. In all of the images presented by the media with white editors, black people are shown as these poor, helpless victims. This ultimately minimizes what they are fighting for, reducing their whole movement to violence. While it was helpful to show these images to spread awareness of the Civil Rights movement, it was also harmful. The conversation that was being held was about how white people can help these black victims instead of talking about the actual issue of systemic racism in America. Even in today’s media, you can see images of protesters being beaten by the police. Instead of lifting the voices of black people or showing images of these powerful individuals fighting for change, the media consistently decided to portray the protests with images of violence that ultimately discredits what the movement stood for and now what the Black Lives Matter movement stands for today.