Dr. Rebecca Hains
Author, professor and speaker | Children's media culture, media literacy, and media criticism
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Discrediting #BlackLivesMatter with ambulance concerns is disingenuous. Here’s why.
Boston-area #BlackLivesMatter protesters made national headlines today by chaining themselves to roadway railings and 1,200-lb construction barrels, bringing traffic into Boston on I-93 N and S to a halt during the morning commute. According to a press release posted to the…
Read MoreOp-ed: Media’s choice of photos creates a split-second bias. #Ferguson
In cases like Mike Brown’s, the news media fuel the fires of racism every time they choose an accompanying photograph in which the victim resembles the scary thug police claim he was. Our op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains why.
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