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MSM Caters to Racism
A perfect example of failure in the media (whitewashing) can be viewed when looking at the recent viral video of the students from Covington Catholic High School and Nathan Philips. Unless a minority has an unblemished history, they will always find a way to make them the monster and racists the victim. Allies that stood with you, if they even bother to stand with you, (how many white allies stood with Black women regarding R. Kelly) will quickly run for the hills when the tide of public perception, thanks to the media, shifts and it is no longer “woke” to stand with a target of racism.
The Videos and Media’s Whitewashing
The first video to circulate shows Nathan Phillips playing his drum in front of Nick Sandmann (Maga hat-wearing teen) who stands there smirking while a lot of Sandmann’s classmates laugh, video and mock.
Once extra footage surfaced, showing Hebrew Israelites making comments toward the white MAGA teens, the narrative started changing. It was no longer the elder laughed, mocked and smirked at, but these poor kids (only young white people get to actually receive this classification even with abhorrent behavior) being bullied by Omaha Nation elder Nathan Phillips who is…
