Racist Video South Africa

As reported by the BBC, a video of white South African college students humiliating a group of black university workers:


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This incident further upholds the idea that no one is immune to acts of such vile ignorance. America seems to be the stronghold of racially intolerant criminal acts, yet this incident shows that like the United States, the rest of the world also still has a long way to go towards establishing tolerance between racial groups. It is also curious to see that the chosen image of rallying workers, students, and former students only show a predominantly black group. Hate crimes do not affect just the perpetrator and the victim; whole communities are left distraught and disturbed, and to simply draw a clear cut dividing line between black and white is often not the best explanation.

Introduction

This blog will be focused on issues concerning the issues of gender and / or race, portrayed by the media. This will be a progressive project that will hopefully cover several facets of media, radio, television, film, literature, etc.