Victims in the Garissa University College Kenya attack
On Friday, November 13, Paris was targeted by three teams of Islamic militants with ties to ISIS/ISIL. There were allegedly eight men who carried out the attacks on local restaurants, a studio hall, concert, and stadium in the city. In the end, 129 people were confirmed dead and 350 were wounded in the attacks. The level of national and international coverage of the event contrasted greatly from the recent attacks in Beirut, Lebanon which left an estimated 43 people dead and the Kenyan attacks at Garissa University College in April which left 147 students dead.
Vigil for the victims of the Paris attacks
Facebook allowed users to show solidarity with a French flag profile effect and the mainstream media covered the terror attack all weekend. However, the aforementioned attacks in Kenya and Beirut went relatively uncovered. Social media users saw the differences in coverage and Twitter users, especially, made the national media aware of its hypocrisy.
Praying for France but can't pray or help own people here in Africa against Boko Haram and police brutality that killing Africa America
— Africans Revolt (@Africarevolt) November 14, 2015
Twitter users also showcased the cultural biases terrorist attacks with mostly white victims reveal.
Seeing French flag colors everywhere reminds me of Dessalines taking the French tricolor & ripping out the white center to make Haiti's flag
— New Caco Movement (@BLK_DIASPORAS) November 14, 2015
I'm out. #TerrorismHasNoReligion #TerrorismMustFall ✌?️ pic.twitter.com/1VcmBAeH24
— Draco Malfoy (@ShakeelKalick) November 14, 2015
White extremists shoot up churches & schools="All white ppl aren't racist". 8 Muslims Commit Attack="All Muslims are guilty" #ParisAttacks
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) November 14, 2015
No. Christianity was just as bad in your own lifetime or do you not count 1000s of black ppl killed in Jesus name? https://t.co/tn75tXo8Pg
— Benjamin Dixon (@TheBpDShow) November 14, 2015
Now is not the time to self-righteously pretend like angry Muslims are alone in shooting up innocent people in crowded theaters.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 14, 2015
Aren't you the disgraced former reporter who wrote false stories saying that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? https://t.co/Y8v853GQSS
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 14, 2015
Dawkins erasing the last 100 years of white Christian terror in the US forces me to study White Supremacy in Atheism https://t.co/tn75tXo8Pg
— Benjamin Dixon (@TheBpDShow) November 14, 2015
This tweet shows how Republicans used the Paris attacks to condemn the recent protests at Mizzou, Yale and Ithaca College.
Real oppression and hatred is using one tragedy as a means to erase another. FUCK you. https://t.co/AqaHFUfrjU
— MannieFresh Destiny (@no_CEElings) November 13, 2015
Proove #TerrorismHasNoReligion pic.twitter.com/fcvqQyrr5O
— Adeniyi Abubakar (@1ceniyi) November 14, 2015
142 students killed in Kenya. Where's the international outrage? https://t.co/tCVnYnfj1d via FusionNews
— yung gemmy (@YUNG_GEMMY) November 16, 2015
If #AllLivesMatter white media, institutions, and leaders would be equal outrage and saddened with #Bagdad #Beirut #Paris
— Atlanta Blackstar (@ATLBlackStar) November 14, 2015
Cowards will never hijack my religion
— TariqToure (@TariqToure) November 14, 2015
Many presidential candidates and pundits decided to politicize the event by pushing for tougher immigration policies and gun rights.
.@AnnCoulter, Dylann Roof walked into bible study & killed nine black folks in cold blood. He wasn't "imported." https://t.co/wOV7b3oKTw
— deray mckesson (@deray) November 14, 2015
I applaud the French ambassador to the US 4 saying what millions of REAL Americans think about Trump. pic.twitter.com/v4AFwbTlDX
— Langston B Walker (@langstonwalker) November 14, 2015
Watch who blames the victims Watch who makes jokes Watch who weaponizes tragedy Watch who seeks profit Keep watching #ParisAttacks
— 5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) November 14, 2015
all tweets are on the money. when we die there is no outrage even from obama, who only calls us thugs. pray for france but they don't pray for us.
Another case of division… Pale Men kill Dark Men and Dark men kill Darker men and ideology gets the rap but we all know it's about greed. Fight if you must but fight for your reason and not the reasons of the Doomsayers and Soothsayers. If you are fighting for life then fight but if you are fighting for greed, then…… Just remember, death is the price for all.
Don't talk Life and Preach Death, And, Don't Preach Death and Talk Life. Watchout for Hippocrasy because it's in your head.
This video confirms what we allnew, about the media and how they value black people…..now what are we going to do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYH33ng5dYo&feature=share