A picture of four female klimaaktivister – including Greta Thunberg – has attracted huge criticism.
On the original image, which is taken to the summit of the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland, there are namely five activists:
Luisa Neubauer, Greta Thunberg, Isabelle axelsson, executive produced, Vanessa Nakate and Loukina Tille.
But since the image was published in an article by news agency AP, 23-year-old Vanessa Nakate from Uganda has been cut off.
It writes the BBC.
the Incident got Vanessa Nakate to the keys.
– In the deleted not just a photograph. In deleted a continent, she wrote in a tweet, which at time of writing has scored 82.600 ‘likes’.
You didn’t just erase a photo
You erased a continent
But I am stronger than ever pic.twitter.com/J34WMXvPAo
— Vanessa Nakate (@vanessa_vash) January 24, 2020
the Nakate has also posted a 10 minute long video out, where she puts the words in his frustration.
– I have seen how much people are affected by the climate crisis in my country and in Africa. Who should speak for all the people? Who should help them and get their message out, she says in the video.
– For the first time in my life, I understand what racism means.
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To Buzzfeed, a spokesman from the AP explained, that it was not in bad intention, to klimaaktivisten was cut out.
– the Photographer tried to get a picture out having a fast and tight deadline and apruned the image solely by compositional reasons, because he thought that the building in the background was distracting, says spokesman David Ake to the media.
Also, the Swedish klimaaktivist Greta Thunberg has responded to the attention-grabbing billedbeskæring.
‘This is completely unacceptable. Sentence.’ she writes on Twitter.
This is completely unacceptable. Period. https://t.co/gefmJ11b6C
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 24, 2020
‘I’m so sorry that they have done against you… You are the last who deserve it. We are all so thankful for what you do, and we will send you all the love and support,’ she writes in another tweet.
I’m so sorry they did this to you… you are the last one who would deserve that! We are all so grateful for what you are doing and we all send love and support!!hope to see you soon again!!
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 24, 2020
Even notify Vanessa Nakate, she feels ‘stronger than ever’.
‘Now I know at least that it’s never going to happen for another african klimaaktivist,’ she writes on Twitter.
This image is later been withdrawn for the benefit of the other cuts, where klimaaktivisten occurs.
Vanessa Nakate is a member of the ‘Fridays of the Future’. Here is she at a climate change conference in Madrid in december last year. Photo: Sergio Perez/Ritzau Scanpix
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