Trends

Patterns across 8624 stories collected so far. Updated each time the site rebuilds.

8624Stories collected

658Explicit racism flagged

86Countries covered

How stories frame Black people

Statistic

3519 (41%)

Human

1649 (19%)

Exploited

1538 (18%)

Victim

779 (9%)

Resistant

714 (8%)

Criminal

370 (4%)

Other

29 (0%)

Statistical

1 (0%)

Topics covered

Other

3342 (40%)

Politics

2343 (28%)

Employment

811 (10%)

Healthcare

574 (7%)

Culture

505 (6%)

Policing

355 (4%)

Education

228 (3%)

Housing

223 (3%)

Stories by country

United States

1192 (25%)

Caribbean

886 (19%)

Nigeria

832 (18%)

Brazil

602 (13%)

South Africa

451 (10%)

Colombia

280 (6%)

United Kingdom

254 (5%)

Kenya

230 (5%)

Forces appearing in the stories

Colonial legacy

6484 (33%)

Corporate extraction

4666 (24%)

Media bias

2963 (15%)

Foreign debt

2822 (14%)

Engineered unemployment

850 (4%)

Mass incarceration

730 (4%)

Drug war

497 (3%)

Land theft

488 (3%)