The recent @NPR @planetmoney coverage of racial terror against Miꞌkmaq fishermen was super inappropriate. First they presented it as a "classic economic problem" of "how to manage a fishery"...
Then they made repeated "seafood puns" before and after describing a violent racist attack of Miꞌkmaq by White fishermen where they burned down a Miꞌkmaq warehouse.
They spent zero time discussing how and why Canadian police (who were present) refused to intervene.
Finally they depicted the White fishermen as "striking back" against the Mi'kmaq (the aggressors???) who were peacefully fishing ancestral territory under their treaty rights.
The @planetmoney ep called the attackers "commercial fishermen" as if Miꞌkmaq aren't equally trying to make a living. And they played audio by White fishermen accusing Mi'kmaq of damaging the ecosystem after just recounting how White-run fisheries were pushed to collapse.
I appreciate coverage of the attacks on Mi'kmaq communities, tbh, bc I haven't seen them covered in mainstream US media. Tx @NPRCodeSwitch for highlighting this story. But these are pretty serious ethical lapses by @NPR @planetmoney and there should be an apology and revision.
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