Of course the answer is No, but I'm wondering why most of the media attention is focused on rich, white girls when they are missing or being abducted. Why is this?
2006-08-17 07:20:59 · 24 answers · asked by dewdropinn 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Just curious.
2006-08-17 07:26:01 · update #1
I am not sure about the white thing but I read a tee shirt that said fat people were harder to kidnap.
2006-08-17 07:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by valcus43 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on what you mean by the media. Nationally, that is the focus, yes, because Caucasians make up a majority of the US population.
And in the media in some cities there is an undercurrent of classicism and racism which permeates the media there as well.
But here in Chicago, I remember 5 years ago a couple of African American girls were abducted and killed. It was a very sad story and was all over the media here during that terrible week. I remember because that was the summer before 9/11.
Anyhow, I think it just depends.
2006-08-17 07:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by spacejohn77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because their families have the money and power to get their situation into the media...a story about a rich girl being kidnapped is more marketable than a story about an average person being kidnapped where it's more of a possibility that they just ran away
2006-08-17 07:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by heathermaries14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the answer is in your own response they are rich and white... they have the money to pay for the airtime and hello they re white... But seriously a lot of people have been kidnapped black white whatever it just goes unpublicized because they don't have the money it air's one day and is off the news the next that's sad though these two little black girls have been missing for at least 6years now but i can guarantee where you're from you don't even know there story
2006-08-17 07:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a white girl and I take offense to people saying we are dumb. Unfortunately you are right in the fact that media coverage does focus on rich white people in this area. I feel it is unacceptable that they do this. Everyone is of equal importance and if you want something done about it you should start by writing to your local media and encourage others letting them know that they should cover all of these cases equally because you would like to hear about all kidnapping in your area and surrounding areas.
2006-08-17 08:23:31 · answer #5 · answered by neicee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all.
Depends on what they are kidnapped for.
For money - then I'm sure a lot are white.
But if they are being kidnapped for sex, or human traficking, then asian girls/woman are actually more popular.
I think the media in the US focuses on anyone who is famous or rich or has a rich or famous family
2006-08-17 07:29:24 · answer #6 · answered by kikisdragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amy smart.14 kidnapped,
taken for 9 months as a second wife to some sacrilegous guy was about 20 miles away from her home was left ALONE from time to time in a house never made a move to escape.eventually found after 9 months of wandering with the couple
black preteen girl kidnapped by black dudes tied up with DUCT tape, she was attached to a chair as well. she managed to untie her self escape throughthe basement window and get help within 2 wks at most.
the media.
doesnt give a flying **** about ne1 who cannot pay for their time. its all bout ratings.
2006-08-17 07:32:23 · answer #7 · answered by biracialbecky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true...the news prove it everyday...they have a white girl who was missing and found dead a few days later on the front page for numerous weeks but the same situation with a minority is put in small font somewhere towards the back of the newspaper with little recognition....this mother had cried to police and reporters when she reported her child missing to find her daughter nobody went looking for this black child until it was too late...now she wants justice because nobody put any effort to find this girl that was tortured for days until they finally killed her and found her body in a ditch...
2006-08-17 07:40:08 · answer #8 · answered by Cassie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the media is controlled by those rich white families. No one in those positions give a damn about a missing black girl, or an abducted mexican girl...would they care about an asian girl kidnapped and put into organized sex crimes? no...why? Because the rich white people in power don't give a damn.
2006-08-17 07:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by yogurtsoju 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-25 22:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only white girls volunteer to be abducted.
2006-08-17 07:27:08 · answer #11 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋