blackfolk: I want to write the AP and AFP and complain

Jade D. (

jadedjade) wrote in

blackfolk,
@ 2005-08-30 21:47:00

Current mood:

angry

I want to write the AP and AFP and complain
.In fact, I think we all should. Get it out there, spread the image, whatever, so everyone can see how the media is color coding this disaster.

Look at how they describe what they are doing

P.S., it's not behind a cut because I think everyone needs to see this, and not scroll past it like it's nothing, because this is some fucked up SHIT!

Who to contact:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/news/news-03.html <- yahoo site with everyone
Email the AP at feedback@ap.org or http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact.html
AFP : http://www.wash.afp.com/english/afp/?cat=contact

here is all the information, and of course the pictures are above.

Original Link Locations:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ts/080304tropicalweathe/im:/050831/480/wxs11908310010;_ylt=AuZvUxG80zSHPNc3v5aGv7JiWscF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3dmhrOGVvBHNlYwNzc20-
As one person looks through their shopping bag, left, another jumps through a broken window, while leaving a convenience store on the I-10 service road south, in Metairie, La., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This photo was taken during a helicopter tour of the area that included the governor of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, Pool)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1 (white people)
Complete text:
Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.(AFP/Getty Images/Chris Graythen)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ts/080304tropicalweathe/im:/050830/480/ladm10208301530 (black people)
Complete text:
A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Flood waters continue to rise in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina did extensive damage when it made landfall on Monday. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ts/080304tropicalweathe/im:/050831/photos_wl_afp/050831003403_tqs74j8d_photo3;_ylt=AhMztufVX39Y_gnhzB20ux9iWscF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3dmhrOGVvBHNlYwNzc20-
Looters hit a drug store in the French Quarter district of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricane Katrina. Fresh floods, fires and looting rode in the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina, deepening a humanitarian crisis that left hundreds feared dead and sections of New Orleans submerged to the rooftops.(AFP/James Nielsen)

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	aaron_hotfire 2005-08-31 01:53 am UTC (link)
	seriously. write the letter. I will lick the envelope. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mcity 2005-08-31 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	And I will lick Beyonce. Multitasking. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	little_yew 2005-08-31 01:55 am UTC (link)
	Words fail me. (Reply to this)

	jadedjade 2005-08-31 02:02 am UTC (link)
	it was on yahoo news photos... someone else had posted something and someone linked to it, but they didn't have a screen shot, so I took one, before someone changes something. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	__electrixx 2005-08-31 01:58 am UTC (link)
	Well someone didn't pay attention when the teacher spoke of "diction" in English class. (Reply to this)

	croupier 2005-08-31 02:00 am UTC (link)
	That screaming you hear is me (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cpolk 2005-09-01 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	I heard you screming. we were in tune. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	coyabean 2005-08-31 02:01 am UTC (link)
	alright give me the contact info. sigh why i got to verbally bust some ass today? why?!!! i'm serious -contact info please!!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jadedjade 2005-08-31 02:03 am UTC (link)
	I couldn't find the AP one, but I am at the fair site, which is linked above right now. If you find the ap one please let me know. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	illlaw 2005-08-31 02:05 am UTC (link)
	You are confused or have forgotten. Didn't you know shit is *free* for white folks? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jadedjade 2005-08-31 02:09 am UTC (link)
	true, I had forgotten... But I thought if they advertise it they get in trouble. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	1_timeonly 2005-08-31 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store Like they swam down the checkout aisle and paid for it like they would any other day...PLEASE! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	collide_with_u 2005-08-31 03:21 am UTC (link)
	haha (Reply to this) (Parent)

	coyabean 2005-08-31 02:16 am UTC (link)
	i'm working on it - i'ma post the letter i've written and i'm compiling addresses as we speak. this will NOT go unnoticed. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jadedjade 2005-08-31 02:22 am UTC (link)
	write the AFP as well. I posted another picture from the AFP that shows they were calling black people looters when they obviously weren't calling white people looters. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kittylarock 2005-08-31 02:21 am UTC (link)
	just sent off my letter. my moms would be proud. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blackestsheep 2005-08-31 02:33 am UTC (link)
	she'd be prouder if you don't steal a bucket of beers if you're ever in a flood... maintain yo home training! lol! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	oreobarbie 2005-08-31 02:21 am UTC (link)
	holy shit. (Reply to this)

	ticasdaze 2005-08-31 02:21 am UTC (link)
	How is it that EVERY SINGLE PHOTO of white people is about them surviving the storm?? How are they going to front like there are no white people strolling out of those same stores doing the exact same thing?!? angry!! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Simple. bombyamom 2005-08-31 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	They don't want POC to survive. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	coyabean 2005-08-31 02:31 am UTC (link)
	FYI - I HAVE ALSO SENT THIS TO THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW AT NEWS@BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM any other suggested news outlets? i'm thinking tavis, doug banks, that fool michael baisden...i'm really pissed. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	1_timeonly 2005-08-31 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Oh dag, I wasn't thinking about radio...lemme send this to Donnie Simpson! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	Fuck that lostsonofodin 2005-08-31 02:38 am UTC (link)
	AP just got themselves a piece of my mind (scattered as it has been lately) and I think a letter to a local paper may be called for as well. (Reply to this)

	lovedforaday 2005-08-31 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Black people are looters, while white folk just happened to find food in a grocery store. Nice. I'm also sick of CNN/Fox News/MSNBC airing the footage of "looters" over and over again, always accompanied by commentary from anchors about what "scum those people are. Sickening. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	preppieboi 2005-08-31 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	I think looters are fucking the scum of the earth and its not based on race... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	collide_with_u 2005-08-31 03:15 am UTC (link)
	That is pretty fucked up. The act is called 'looting' but it is a colorblind offense. When I read over the captions again and again, it does seem more intentional than it originally sounded. They make it seem as though those in the second picture didn't do anything wrong, which definitely isn't the case; people are being jailed. (Reply to this)

	collide_with_u 2005-08-31 03:19 am UTC (link)
	They should send people into the grocery stores and recover as much as possible to leave nothing for looters, and take all of that food to the shelters and hospitals that are completely full of hungry, homeless people. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	richirch2 2005-08-31 06:01 am UTC (link)
	Shit, if I were sitting there with no food and no idea on when I would be able to buy some then I'd be "looting" too... Although, we all know good and damn well that it ain't looting if it's essential for your survival! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	blackperson 2005-08-31 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Even as I write an email, I feel like we'll be ignored. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	supafrosh 2005-08-31 04:53 am UTC (link)
	Hey, there's hope...a few months ago we did get a few major news outlets to publicly address the issue that missing minority women are often ignored by the media... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sprorion 2005-08-31 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Fuckin' Hell!!!!!@!#@!#!@#$@!$- > Yes, I'm that angry!!! And they wonder why we hate their ass!!@ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sprorion 2005-08-31 03:46 am UTC (link)
	I just sent off an email to Ms. Cynthia Tucker, Op-Ed editor of the AJC. (Reply to this) (Parent)