Ok-disaster2022 t1_isbe76u wrote on October 14, 2022 at 5:52 PM

Reply to comment by Skeptix_907 in New study shows newspaper images from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 continued patterns of presenting people of color as victims and white people as rescuers bringing order back to the chaos, this may not have been conscious or ill-intentioned decisions, but reflect patterns in journalism and cultural by giuliomagnifico

Yeah and the white volunteers also are the ones with the disposable incomes to take time off work, drive their truck pulling their private boat a few hours to help people.

Americans are generally pretty charitable regardless of race. But having resources to donate cna really impact the effectiveness of the donations.

So it's a tale as old as America: black people are forced to live is less attractive areas whereas their benefactors are a small minority of the total population who say or do something to help in a crisis.