To cries of “white demon”, The Economist’s angelical Tom Gardner was hounded out of war-torn Ethiopia. Or this is how he wants us to see it, not by challenging the grounds for his deportation, but by invoking his moral superiority as a liberal Westerner. Here, a ruthless mirror is held up to him by a peer reviewer, who has, yes, his own book and a very different message to promote.
Thank you for this, although it's really painful to watch your eyes being yanked open to what's going on EVERYWHERE all the time. Just think of the reporting you've heard from Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, Nicaragua, Cameroon, Libya, or Venezuela, and remember that the same sinister forces of colonialist superiority, Western racism, and fealty to a pre-set narrative are also at play.
I personally live in a country that's been villainized 99.9% of the time by Western media and sometimes my jaw hits the floor when I read the cartoonish lies told about this place (my favorite so far: government agents deliberately uncap bottles of Coca-Cola to remove the bubbles to make it less appealing LOL).
Thank you for this, although it's really painful to watch your eyes being yanked open to what's going on EVERYWHERE all the time. Just think of the reporting you've heard from Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, Nicaragua, Cameroon, Libya, or Venezuela, and remember that the same sinister forces of colonialist superiority, Western racism, and fealty to a pre-set narrative are also at play.
I personally live in a country that's been villainized 99.9% of the time by Western media and sometimes my jaw hits the floor when I read the cartoonish lies told about this place (my favorite so far: government agents deliberately uncap bottles of Coca-Cola to remove the bubbles to make it less appealing LOL).