Dane in New York City

“I do respect the field of journalism and I do respect journalists and people who report the events that are going on in society around the world. It’s a very honorable position.

But when you have institutions who dictate what and how this information should be portrayed, that’s where the problem comes, cause I could give you all the information that’s in the story I’m trying to present.

But if you control the narrative, then, no, words and images are so malleable to really manipulate, that’s exactly what it is, it’s manipulation of minds and people.

To have - you know - the entire eight minutes of George Floyd’s on the news was unnecessary, you didn’t have to show the image of a weak black man crying to his mother and crying out to Jesus as he’s dying with a white officer’s knee on his neck. That was not necessary in order to tell the story.

But when you do something like that, not only is it heart wrenching for people to watch, but it also reinforces the image of weak black men in society. And people treat us as such, anywhere I go, on a daily basis I’m treated as if I’m inferior.

They have a specific race that is in their best interest to keep at a certain socioeconomic level and they will do anything in their power to ensure that happens. It sounds extremist but it is actually the reality and how do you get other people to believe that who are not impacted.”