If Bernita Bowlding’s Viral Photo Doesn’t Trigger Your ‘Get Out’ Signal, You’re Not Paying Attention To What’s Been Happening To Black Women [Op-Ed]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a viral photo of a lone Black woman surrounded by members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front, while riding on a Metro train in Washington, D.C., captures the full regressive and divisive scope of America's current zeitgeist. The post If Bernita Bowlding’s Viral Photo Doesn’t Trigger Your ‘Get Out’ Signal, You’re Not Paying Attention To What’s Been Happening To Black Women [Op-Ed] appeared first on MadameNoire.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a viral photo of a lone Black woman surrounded by members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front, while riding on a Metro train in Washington, D.C., captures the full regressive and divisive scope of America’s current zeitgeist.
The photo was taken by Reuters photographer Cheney Orr on July 4, the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, with several social media users highlighting the juxtaposition between the patriotic holiday and the ironic image, calling it the “defining” picture of the USA today.
Veteran actor Wendell Pierce re-shared the chilling photo on X, writing: “An instant Pulitzer Prize winning photograph.”
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