Diagram of a (non-overt) Racist Consciousness

Rose at Feministing writes,

Mainstream newspapers, cable and network television, radio, and news websites do not care about the lives of people of color. According to The Pew Research Center’s latest analysis of news coverage, African Americans had less than 2 percent of coverage, Hispanics had 1.3 percent and Asian Americans had 0.2 percent. This is so offensive considering the demographics of the United States. Direct your attention to a summary that the Kaiser Foundation did of the population data a few months back:

While our country is headed in the direction of being a more diverse place, mainstream media just can’t seem to catch up. It s also disappointing that some indicators in Pew’s analysis point to the fact that gender isn’t mainstream media’s strongest showing either. For example, looking at the individuals that dominated African-American coverage –President Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, Henry Louis Gates, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab – none were women . These men alone accounted for 46 percent of all the African American news coverage [in the past year].

Yup. This is what the "dominant" (read: white) consciousness looks like:

Why is this violent? Listen to Jared Ball's short Black Agenda Report radio commentary HERE. (Transcript here.)