Lazy Journalism is Killing Black People

Nicole Young
4 min readApr 10, 2020
Photo Credit: Ed Kashi/VII/Redux/eyevine

The first voice you hear on the April 9th episode of The Daily podcast is a white woman talking about the coronavirus in New Orleans.

Yanti Turang, a nurse with experience treating other infectious diseases like Ebola, is a transplant to New Orleans from Australia. It is Turang’s voice you hear describing the cultural significance of Mardi Gras, a centuries old tradition she’s been a part of for…

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Nicole Young

Nicole is a writer, educator, and procrasti-baker, living in Philly. She‘s also a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina and VA native.