Rafael Rosario | Blog #4

According to the book “Seeing through Race”, Berge argued that white editors were more likely to use photographs that featured black people as victims opposed to black people standing up for their rights. The News and social media are platforms are used for showing the people what is happing in today’s society however, sometimes these platforms advertise fake news. I agree with Berge because in today’s society for the BLM movement, George Floyd was the face of the movement; His story was all over the news, social media, etc. Showing black people as victims in today’s society makes white people feel more sympathetic in order to draw more media and news coverage. Another reason why I agree with Berge’s statement is because often the initial headlines are about what happened but not about the full story; the events leading up to the event. For example, the shooting of Breonna Taylor showed a black woman being shot by police breaking into her home and they painted Breonna as a victim. In reality, police officers shooted in self defense because Breonna’s boyfriend pulled a gun on police officers. Although this doesn’t justify what happen to Breonna Taylor, it is a prime example of how the media portrayed Breonna as a Victim and police officers as the “Bad Guys”.