Who Created These Shitholes?
Dear Friend, US President's racist "Shithole" remark has received international condemnation. Should he just get away with a mild slap on the wrist? He should be prosecuted. Moreover, who created the "shithole" that Trump mentioned? Christian Christensen a professor of Journalism at Stockholm University writes, "The creation of global “shitholes”— from Africa to Central and South America to portions of Asia—was achieved primarily via a combination of “crisis journalism” and non-coverage. For decades (and up to the present day), massive portions of Africa only received coverage if there was a war, famine, or natural catastrophe. In the absence of disasters, the coverage disappeared. Without mass death or armed conflict, Africa, and huge sections of the globe, largely cease to exist." Sally Dugman writes, "Now why do lots of people in Haiti eat mud cookies? Why do they eat mud to get rid of hunger pangs? Why do many Haitian people...