To Look Or Not To Look, There Might Be No Right Answer

Because the articles reviewed for Friday's blogposts are relatively short, the depth of the articles is often lacking, and that is true for even many of the articles I like. But the article written by Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (click here for intro) serves as an exception.

Writing for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, Weichbrodt writes about the complexity involved in the public display of images that depicts the suffering of Blacks (click here for the article). The reason for the complexity is that such displays can serve a good end or have harmful consequences. She describes how history and the present show both outcomes. Pictures of Blacks being murdered or tortured can motivate people for a just cause. But such pictures have also been used to back false claims about Blacks being inferior. But even when they are not used to try to show inferiority, there is a 'burden' that comes with the constant viewing of Blacks suffering atrocities which lies outside the scope of how graphic the images can be. That burden can consist of 'chains' including the establishment of personal expectations for individual Blacks.

I really don't want to say much more about the article because I really think that as many people should read it as possible. So please click the link to this article provided above to read the article.