Speaker 1: Funny how the media covers white riots versus black protests. Seems like when the protesters are black, the media uses some pretty harsh words.
Media Source 1: “The bad guys.”
Media Source 2: “Lawlessness. Looting.”
Media Source 3: “Wild animals.”
Media Source 4: “Criminals and thugs.
Media Source 2: “Thugs. Isn’t it the right word?”
Speaker 1: However, if you’re white and you’re tearing up the city because of game, you’re just young people.
Media Source 5: “Young people danced on it and flipped over cars.”
Media Source 6: “Those UK fans did stupid things.”
Media Source 7: “Some maybe got a little out of control.”
Media Source 8: “Seeing a scene like this just shows how passionate the UK fans are.”
Media Source 9: “It’s so tough to lose and, unfortunately, the ugly side that we sometimes see in sports.”
Speaker 1: Notice how the police always show up to a black protest in military grade equipment, and yet the media claims they’re just doing nothing.
Media Source 10: “It’s inexplicable why the police are doing nothing.”
Media Source 11: “Let’s mobilize the National Guard.”
Media Source 12: “If I’m a riot and I see the police doing nothing, I might feel like I have a license.”
Media Source 13: “You would.”
Media Source 14: “But at white riots, the cops actually are standing around doing nothing.”
Media Source 15: “Another group of cops over there just standing there.”
Media Source 16: “No one was really doing anything.”
Speaker 1: These guys look like they could be watching a parade. And why is it that the leadership of the black community is always called into question?
Media Source 17: “Where is the leadership?”
Media Source 18: “Leadership.”
Media Source 19: “The black leadership.”
Media Source 20: “The absence of—”
Media Source 21: “Leadership.”
Media Source 22: “It goes back to leadership, but that leadership has to come from the community.”
Speaker 1: But no one ever questions the leadership of white parents who let their kids burn down and vandalize the college campus.
Media Source 23: “These are just young college students who think they’re playing some kind of a game with police officers.”
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes they don’t even call a white riot a riot.
Media Source 24: “Party gone awry.”
Media Source 25: “Some fans got a bit too rowdy after the win.”
Media Source 26: “A dispute, a bloody brawl.”
Media Source 27: “There was some type of altercation.”
Speaker 1: Waco, 170 arrested, 9 people dead.
Media Source 28: “They’re not thugs.”
Speaker 1: Baltimore, no deaths, but it’s a riot chalk full of thugs.
Media Source 29: “Thugs.”
Media Source 30: “Just thugs.”
Speaker 1: What if the media portrayed white rioters the same as black protesters? Let’s switch the audio and see how it plays out.
Media Source 31: “Breaking news, violent protests.”
Media Source 32: “What you’re looking at is the unraveling of the civil society.”
Media Source 33: “Criminals and thugs.”
Media Source 34: “They’re raising hell, and they’re destroying property.”
Media Source 35: “These idiotic thugs, rioting and looting are hurting their own people.”
Media Source 36: “Wild animals burning buildings down.”
Media Source 37: “Especially if they know the media’s all there, right? Got the cameras on everyone. It’s become its own reality show.”
Media Source 38: “Who acts like that towards a police officer?”
Speaker 1: Think for yourself. Don’t let racist media color your perceptions. Demand fairness in media coverage. Tell the media to put an end to calling black people thugs.
