As harsh as it is, the color aspect definitely plays into it, but part of it is also expectations. Israel is expected be a developed place that’s at peace and not committing genocide. “Country X in Africa is in a state of {war, civil war, Warlord war, genocide, famine}” happens so frequently that it feels like “county X in Africa is currently stable and prosperous” would be newsworthy. That’s probably not reality, but that’s common perception, I think.
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Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 year ago
Here's a list of ongoing wars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts
You can decide which ones to care about.
According to current death toll, Ukraine is currently the worst, but the news media and audiences are bored of it.
Sudan are the wrong colour.
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HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 1 year ago
As harsh as it is, the color aspect definitely plays into it,
100% this. We’ve got a few Ukrainians in my very small town and my friend asked me why they’re here but we only ever got one Iraqi and one Syrian. I told him because the ukrainians are white.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is my frustration.
I’m with OP. My family is one of those countries listed and doesn’t get even close as much news.
tun@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Are you talking about Myanmar?
squaresinger@feddit.de 1 year ago
You are totally right, but isn’t it crazy that the worst currently running war has just gotten too boring for most people to care about?
Even worse, I feel that over here (Central Europe) the sentiment towards Ukranian refugees is already shifting from “We need to help these poor people” to “These Ukranian refugees are taking our flats, our school places and our benefits”… I guess, another year or two and we’ll see far-right idiots setting fire to places where Ukranian refugees live. Same as we had in 2015 with Syrian refugees.