While many Africans were diagnosed and dying in large numbers, American media turned a blind eye to their situation. Meanwhile, now that the virus has spread to our own soil, we begin to take major notice in the issue and publicize it where-ever. Thus justifying our narcissistic ways and how self entitled we come off to the rest of the world.
It's fairly clear that the point Andre was trying to get across was indeed the matter of the media only focusing on an issue, such as this, when a white person is being the one affected. In his work here, you can clearly all the patients lying in hospital stretchers, almost being completely over looked, while the two photographers/ the media is surrounding the only white person there. Making it seem as though all the others affected before or after are not of importance just because of the color of their skin. It's sad that already the Ebola Virus has gained this much attention only after a white person was infected rather than the thousands who died before it.
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