Monday, 19 June 2017

Why people are calling on 'clean-shaven white men' to condemn London mosque attack

Gianluca Mezzofiore

is Mashable UK's Real-Time News Reporter .

An incident near Finsbury Park Mosque in London in which a man died and 10 people were injured after a man drove a van into worshippers is being treated as a "terrorist attack," Met Police confirmed. 
The first media reports were naturally wary of describing it as a terror incident — the headline on the first BBC story was "Vehicle hits pedestrians in Finsbury Park" — as they were waiting for more details to trickle in. 
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However, one media organisation overreached with a really weird tweet: "Clean-shaven white man arrested by police as at least 10 people are injured." 
It was just a matter of time until people on Twitter weighed in, underlining the perceived double standard The Daily Mail and other tabloids have when reporting about Islamist attacks: 
People called on the "clean-shaven white male community" to condemn the attack, just like it routinely happens with Muslims:
Others tried to fix the headline for The Daily Mail:
Other people condemned the attack on behalf of the "clean-shaven white male" community':
While there were some people who asked important questions about his fade:

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posted by Satish Sharma at 20:45

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