Graph shows 50% of MN Covid deaths as people of color.
24 photos out of 1000 deaths. TWO photos of people of color.
Unconscionable.
24 photos out of 1000 deaths. TWO photos of people of color.
Unconscionable.
Also racist. Just so we're clear.
We might ask how this happened. How did the front page of the Regional News section of the @StarTribune get this representation so badly wrong?
For starters, there were obviously only white people making editorial decisions.
Perhaps they used obit photos and could only find those two because for reasons, white people are way more likely to have published obits.
Perhaps they used obit photos and could only find those two because for reasons, white people are way more likely to have published obits.
But if that's true (and I doubt it), then you go back and make a new strategy. Maybe you call up some families to obtain some photos. Maybe you find some other way to personalize the numbers.
But good God @StarTribune @StarTribunePR! You don't run 92% white people as your way personalizing this tragedy.
Hey @StarTribune! Here is a woman of color who died of covid. In today's paper. With photo. 
I mean from that featured photo illustration, you'd think our Asian community was unaffected @StarTribune
OK. The graph doesn't actually show this. Apologies.
It does show over representation at every age group, and the photos show underrepresentation overall.
My first take was wrong. And @startribune's graphic is still bad. Both are true.
It does show over representation at every age group, and the photos show underrepresentation overall.
My first take was wrong. And @startribune's graphic is still bad. Both are true.
