do we still need newspapers dedicated to blacks

Cards (2)

  • For- yes, there is still an inequality in the treatment of black people in the UK and therefore some news may still show black people negatively. Most Media is owned by hegemonic groups and therefore is often under representation or misinterpretation of black people in media, whereas the voice allows for representation of black people, black content is also going to be more accurate when written by black journalists/editors, if newspapers and media became more inclusive, we would not have a need for these products.
  • against- products like the voice could reinforce segregation/exclusivity, non-black people are less likely to read this newspaper and will not engage in the issues and content, where maybe they should. Also if we had a growing number of products dedicated to only Black content, other news products may ignore that news/stay in a different domain. in terms of industry, if black reporters are working on products for a black audience, they are not integrating into a industry of different races working together