Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Racial Stereotyping

The BBC has run an article headed Forced Marriage Unit helped 250 children last year.

Just to give the reader the general impression of what being trapped in a forced marriage is like, they illustrate it with a picture of a young-ish woman peering wistfully through some net curtains. Guess what colour her skin is. Not.

UPDATE: I knew I should have taken a screen shot. Around midday, they changed the picture from one of a white lass to one of a vaguely Asian looking lass.

3 comments:

john b said...

Have they changed the pic? Looks to me like an Asian girl reading some notes on a bed.

Old BE said...

A few minutes ago it was a white young woman looking out of the window.

BE

Mark Wadsworth said...

JB, see what BE says.

BE, thanks.