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'It showed how we are valued. It hurt me a lot. It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life,' Nakate told BuzzFeed News.
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Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate took to Twitter to call out the Associated Press for choosing a photo of Greta Thunberg at Davos for an article that cropped Nakate out and only included other white activists.pic.twitter.com/fwC0RR5UUQ
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AP changed the contested photo from its article and responded to BuzzFeed: 'There was no ill intent. AP routinely publishes photos as they come in and when we received additional images from the field, we updated the story. AP has published a number of images of Vanessa Nakate.'
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Because it hurt
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Be strong Vanessa. Thank you for speaking out.
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There's 'whitewashing' and then there's what
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Indeed. Gone are the days where this would go unchecked. Shameful excuse. Own your mistakes, then do better next time, don’t erase her pain and experience as if it was a foot note in the grand scheme of things.
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Regardless of who is in it, it's a much nicer photo when the building is chopped out. Obviously I don't know why this was done because I wasn't there, but not every thing that feels negative to a black person is racist.
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First of all, AP is not an art gallery. Full information should be the priority before aesthetic.
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As she should. AP is despicable for what they did.
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For now on put the black girl in the middle to prevent these 'accidents' from happening.
#BlackTwitter#BlackLivesMatter
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