Outrage at whites-only image as Uganda climate activist cropped from photo

The Guardian ^ | 1/24/2020 | Kenya Evelyn

[MountainWalker]

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has called out racism in media after she was cropped out of a photo featuring prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson.

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“Why did you remove me from the photo? I was part of the group”, she tweeted in response. Other agencies, including Reuters, misidentified Nakate as Zambian activist Natasha Mwansa. Reuters’ currently available version of the photograph identifies the other four activists in the picture but not Nakate.

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In the viral video, Nakate elaborated on what she considers the erasure of black and brown voices in conversations surrounding climate change, pointing out that people who look like her are most vulnerable to rising global temperatures.

“We don’t deserve this. Africa is the least emitter of carbons, but we are the most affected by the climate crisis,” she said. “You erasing our voices won’t change anything. You erasing our stories won’t change anything.”

[SkyPilot]

Lol.

[P.O.E.]

Maybe because she’s the only one that didn’t look like a zombified robot?

[21twelve]

Yeah - how can she have even a glimmer of a smile knowing she will die in 11.283 years? (That - and the building in the background doesn’t add to the “nature first” vibe.)

[Fresh Wind]

She looks like a bald guy wearing a wig.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[bert]

Climate hoaxers do not tolerate Africanization

[csvset]

Hair style fail ! Oh, Greta’s a racist , pass it on !

[IncPen]

In my best imitation child-abused voice, “HOW DARE YOU!?“

[dp0622]

lol

Yeah I don’t think this was racism..it was Ugly-ism, too wide-ism

Other agencies, including Reuters, misidentified Nakate as Zambian activist Natasha Mwansa...ROFL!!

[dp0622]

I’m sure she’s getting slaughtered on FB or twitter about it :)

Probably freaking out

“THEY DON’T LOVE ME ANYMORE!! MOMMY!!”

:)

[kearnyirish2]

“Other agencies, including Reuters, misidentified Nakate as Zambian activist Natasha Mwansa. Reuters’ currently available version of the photograph identifies the other four activists in the picture but not Nakate.”

Does the media think they all look the same?

[a fool in paradise]

The composition in the top diminishes the significance of Scoldilocks.

[a fool in paradise]

What difference does it make anyway?

Casey Kasem on reading the names of the members of U2 for an American Top 40 segment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MapcSKlYuvY

[a fool in paradise]

Greta appears to be the only one who’s learned to perform for the camera like a model or actor.

[Tax-chick]

I’m super outraged, myself.

[SkyPilot]

Maybe because she’s the only one that didn’t look like a zombified robot?

I think we all know the real reason.

The "Climate Change" scam media saw the propaganda value of the original photo tainted, because they knew that when people saw it, they would not think:

"Wow! Look at that photo of our heroine Greta and her co-climate saviors!"

Instead, they knew people would think:

"Wow! Who is the black girl in that photo with Greta?"

[SkyPilot]

I’m super outraged, myself.

Lol. I am with you sister.

[SkyPilot]

The composition in the top diminishes the significance of Scoldilocks.

[SmokingJoe]

“Why did you remove me from the photo? I was part of the group”

How dare you?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Children of the Damned photo.