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Where did Nackett go? .. A "racist" picture sparking a rage in Davos

Where did Nackett go? .. A "racist" picture sparking a rage in Davos

Vanessa (right) during her participation in the Davos Economic Forum

An international news agency put ethics aside and manipulated the content of a photo, until a black-skinned girl came out, which sparked the latest grief and sparked anger in the communication networks.
Ugandan environmental activist Vanessa Nackett, 23, was standing beside four other environmental activities to take a picture at the Davos Economic Forum held last week in the Swiss town.

 Several photos were collected of the five activists, four of whom are white, and among them was the famous Swedish activist, Greta Tonberg as well as Nackett.
But the American Associated Press cut the image to the activists, so that it would take Nackett out of it.


The Ugandan activist told the US news website "Bazfid" that before her, she had been shattered after learning of the story. "I cried not only because he was a racist act, but also because of the people in Africa," she said.

She added that the agency's behavior "showed us how we are valued (black skinned). It hurts me a lot. It is the worst thing I've ever seen."

Vanessa Nackett started her activity in the fight against climate change and reducing carbon emissions in early 2019.

In the virtual world, the network pioneers released the original image of the agency, which shows the Ugandan activist and the modified image after being tampered with by the Associated Press.

Many criticized the agency's editors' behavior, demanding that it apologize.




Activist Greta Tonberg wrote on Twitter that she apologizes to Vanessa for what they (the agency) have done to you. You are the last person to deserve what happened.

Others said support should be provided to the Ugandan activist as Greta was teared, as one picture could not change everything.

Later, the American CNN reported that the Associated Press had apologized for the behavior of its editors.