Race and News Reporting

It is sad to hear about another school shooting, but what is even more sad is the image portrayed of black people in the news story. Race was mentioned because the shooter was african american. Emphasis was put on that he was black and they made it seem like all black people are trouble makers, thieves, and violent people, when the truth is that there has been just as many white shooters in schools as there has been black. The use of race in this story adds to the already existing stereotypes. and was completly unjustified.