Trends

Patterns across 4331 stories collected so far. Updated each time the site rebuilds.

4331Stories collected

405Explicit racism flagged

78Countries covered

How stories frame Black people

Statistic

1927 (44%)

Human

739 (17%)

Exploited

737 (17%)

Victim

401 (9%)

Resistant

336 (8%)

Criminal

158 (4%)

Other

8 (0%)

Statistical

1 (0%)

Topics covered

Other

1692 (40%)

Politics

1121 (27%)

Employment

423 (10%)

Healthcare

343 (8%)

Culture

226 (5%)

Policing

170 (4%)

Housing

133 (3%)

Education

104 (2%)

Stories by country

United States

678 (28%)

Caribbean

422 (17%)

Nigeria

387 (16%)

Brazil

304 (13%)

South Africa

242 (10%)

Colombia

137 (6%)

United Kingdom

125 (5%)

Kenya

122 (5%)

Forces appearing in the stories

Colonial legacy

3424 (33%)

Corporate extraction

2405 (23%)

Foreign debt

1569 (15%)

Media bias

1426 (14%)

Mass incarceration

456 (4%)

Engineered unemployment

445 (4%)

Drug war

302 (3%)

Land theft

286 (3%)