{UAH} This is Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate change activist.

This is Vanessa Nakate, a Ugandan climate change activist.

She was cropped out of a picture that was taken at a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, for being African.

She said in a video posted online:

"This was the first time in my life that I understood the meaning of the word racism."

Later the Associated Press news agency said that the building behind her was a distraction and that they cropped her out of the photo because of that.

After they stated: "We regret publishing a photo this morning that cropped out Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, the only person of color in the photo. As a news organization, we care deeply about accurately representing the world that we cover."

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"When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives"

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