Trends

Patterns across 6950 stories collected so far. Updated each time the site rebuilds.

6950Stories collected

578Explicit racism flagged

83Countries covered

How stories frame Black people

Statistic

2985 (43%)

Human

1311 (19%)

Exploited

1166 (17%)

Victim

637 (9%)

Resistant

531 (8%)

Criminal

278 (4%)

Other

17 (0%)

Statistical

1 (0%)

Topics covered

Other

2759 (41%)

Politics

1817 (27%)

Employment

671 (10%)

Healthcare

469 (7%)

Culture

391 (6%)

Policing

268 (4%)

Housing

197 (3%)

Education

181 (3%)

Stories by country

United States

986 (26%)

Caribbean

732 (19%)

Nigeria

669 (17%)

Brazil

487 (13%)

South Africa

367 (10%)

Colombia

224 (6%)

United Kingdom

195 (5%)

Kenya

186 (5%)

Forces appearing in the stories

Colonial legacy

5407 (34%)

Corporate extraction

3752 (23%)

Foreign debt

2377 (15%)

Media bias

2359 (15%)

Engineered unemployment

690 (4%)

Mass incarceration

636 (4%)

Land theft

419 (3%)

Drug war

418 (3%)