Thought I had a responsibility to post this since I noted the prominence of BLACK MEN IN THE VIDEO. THE PLOT THICKENS: The video was created by an anti-harassment organization Hollaback! and Rob Bliss Creative, an ad agency. Rosin says that Bliss apologized on reddit — in a post thats now deleted — for editing out white men. Bliss wrote We got a fair amount of white guys, but for whatever reason, a lot of what they said was in passing, or off camera. Thats why Bliss said he had to edit them out. (Serious question: Werent most of the street harassers in the video interacting in passing?) This isnt the first time Bliss work has had some troubling portrayals of brown folks, Rosin writes. When he created a promotional video for Grand Rapids, Mich., Bliss reportedly minimized the citys sizable minority population. npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/11/01/360422087/hollaback-video-calls-out-catcallers-but-cuts-out-white-men
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