Japan’s NHK Apologizes for Black Lives Matter Video Misfire
has apologized following a furor over an animated video purporting to explain the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S.
The video aired on NHK’s Sunday “The World Now” program and was uploaded to the broadcaster’s Twitter feed. It not only portrayed African Americans in a stereotypical way, with an angry musclebound male character front and center, but it also omitted all mention of the death of George Floyd in police custody.
Instead, the clip claimed the protests were due to an income gap between white and Black Americans, exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis., with “Japan Times” columnist and author Baye McNeil commenting on Facebook that “Honestly, this looks intentionally offensive. No way they didn’t know that this was gonna be problematic.”
Joseph M. Young, the interim head of the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, tweeted, “The caricatures used are offensive and insensitive.”'s intent to address complex racial issues in the United States, it's unfortunate that more thought and care didn't go into this video. The caricatures used are offensive and insensitive.After taking down the clip, NHK commented on Twitter, saying: “We apologize for our lack of consideration and for making people feel uncomfortable.
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