On White Riots

by

Abby Zimet, staff writer

Because Charleston's horror, like so much that came before before, was fueled by too many guns and too much racist media demonizing as "thugs" every African-American seeking justice, a call from Brave New Films to "change the biased narrative  - one word at a time." Their short new film, "White Riots," uses a simple trick of transposing news coverage on black protests - usually over life and death - and white protests - usually over football and hockey games lost and won - to lay bare the rank discrepancies from social upheaval toshootings, and demand fairness in media coverage whether of .

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2015/06/18/white-riots