We condemn the perpetuation of this negative stereotype that assigns calamity to the African race and privilege or immunity to other races. The FPA said: “We condemn the perpetuation of this negative stereotype that assigns calamity to the African race and privilege or immunity to other races.”
The Foreign Press Association, Africa (FPA Africa) even called for global media to stop using images of Black African people when reporting on monkeypox in Europe. Since monkeypox began spreading in Western countries, discriminatory and racist rhetoric around the virus has been called out by multiple bodies.
