Calling out Western media coverage of Ukraine’s conflict as racist, as some have done, seems a bit of a cheap shot—one angling for another hot take to throw into the never-ending click-bait news cycle. Yes, ...
The Ethiopian government did their best to suppress international press coverage other than highly speculative and biased “reports” by people from the Tigrayan diaspora (which the article above also falls under).
There is just too little reliable information about the situation in Tigray right now, so this isn’t just a “black lives don’t matter” situation when it comes to press coverage.
P.S.: Ethiopians are pretty “white” by African standards /s
The Ethiopian government did their best to suppress international press coverage other than highly speculative and biased “reports” by people from the Tigrayan diaspora (which the article above also falls under).
There is just too little reliable information about the situation in Tigray right now, so this isn’t just a “black lives don’t matter” situation when it comes to press coverage.
P.S.: Ethiopians are pretty “white” by African standards /s