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January 27, 2020

Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate Slams Racist Media After Being Cropped from Photo with White Activists
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Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate is speaking out against racism
in the media after she was cropped out of a photo featuring herself and
other prominent climate activists in Davos, Switzerland. The other youth
activists were white and included Greta Thunberg. The Associated Press,
which published the cropped photo, said the photographer cut Nakate out
of it because he thought the building behind her was distracting.
Vanessa Nakate said the move "erased a continent." This is Nakate
speaking on social media.

Vanessa Nakate: "This is the first time in my life that I understood the
definition of the word 'racism.' … Africa is the least emitter of
carbons, but we are the most affected by the climate crisis. But you
erasing our voices won't change anything."

Click here to see our interview with Vanessa Nakate at last month's U.N.
Climate Conference in Madrid.


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