And you never see the news cover a story on a missing black, asian, or hispanic, chic. Are they profiling? Discriminatiing?
2007-07-05 09:35:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
only once in a great while will they cover a missing story of a colored person..
2007-07-05 09:37:51 · update #1
...Discriminating...
2007-07-05 09:39:34 · update #2
i'm talking about the nes, amber alerts were made for that
2007-07-05 09:41:04 · update #3
~~~news~~~
2007-07-05 09:41:25 · update #4
In the Black community, we wonder as well why missing Black women are not publicized as much as white women, all missing persons deserve every chance to recover them and the publicity helps a lot, it is not news to us that white women's lives seem to be more valuable than that of Black women in the media.
2007-07-05 09:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
I cant really answer your question because I don't live in the states, but it reminded me of a discussion myself and a friend had the other day.
A four year old British girl went missing two months ago in Portugal. Since then we have been bombarbed by images of the child, her parents, and the on-going search for Madeline McCann. Dont get me wrong, I hope that her face is constantly on show so that one day someone somehwere might find her, and I pray that she is safely returned to her family. But a story in our national paper made me so angry the other day. It states that in the past 10 years, 70 children have gone missing in Ireland. 70. And I, a daily newspaper reader, have not heard about a single one of them. Not once. So why this little girl, what makes her so special above all the other families and missing children that the media have taken it upon themselves to be a huge campaigner in the search for her, yet choose to ignore all the other families. It turns my stomach that our 'free press' can behave,pick and choose like this.
2007-07-05 10:53:39 · answer #2 · answered by Irish_bi_female 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Im used to that by now...When was the last time you saw a pregnant Black woman missing? Matter of fact there was a story sometime ago about a woman here in the DC area, who was pregnant and ran from her husband or boyfriend and he eventually shot this woman point blank range in the head. Apparently she got back up and started running after he thought she was dead. The neighbors found her bleeding from the head and pregnant and she and the baby made it through. To be honest, if they all they showcase is dead white pregnant women, then that does not say much for whites in general.
Peace out beyatches...
2007-07-05 10:20:56 · answer #3 · answered by Simply Kai 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think its because our society has a racist backing and maybe with or without knowing it media discriminates. I have noticed recently that media has upped the coverage on other nationalities. This is a good question with lots of possible answers! I think many people forget that this country was and is built on immigrants!
2016-05-19 00:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i partially agree with you. i think it has mostly to do with money and a the "look" of a person. if you looked at E. Smart you would see she has a kind of innocent look to her. the media PLASTERED her picture all over. it even almost made me want to go help.
i think it also discriminates against men. i have never in my life seen a man on the news as a missing person (babies yes of course). if Jeffery dahmer was still alive i bet he could kill again and nobody would notice.
2007-07-05 10:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Some of these answers have made me very angry.
This aspect of society makes me very angry as well and I have never understood it. Children, especially ones that are missing, are precious and important--children of all races and colors. I wish I had a better answer but I do know exactly what you are talking about.
2007-07-05 10:23:47 · answer #6 · answered by fun_purple_beach 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is colorblind.
Some people keep in touch with their children and sisters/brothers. They check on them by going to their house if they haven't heard from them in, say, 12 or 24 hours. When they don't find them,,these families take the time and make the effort to look for them. Their families and friends call around, get to the media and anyone they can to help--even total strangers take time off work, get in their cars, go to great lengths and try to find them.
This is newsworthy. It is a community effort to find a missing person.
If on the other hand, there is no contact from day to day, and it is weeks before a person is noticed to be missing, it is obvious that no one cares about that person. Then, if their family and friends simply sits on their asses and complains that no one has found their child/brother/sister, it is a matter for curiosity, but doesn't generate any effort on anyone else's part.
Does that answer your question?
2007-07-05 09:43:32 · answer #7 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Uh.. I remember a few months ago a missing BLACK college student in Houston was ALL over the news! So, nope....not just White girls....
2007-07-05 21:39:54 · answer #8 · answered by Undercover Ice Agent 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It has a lot to do with the missing person's families involvement and cooperation with the media and the police...they have a lot to do with it and if they really want to find that missing person the family will try to get all media involved in trying to find their loved one.
2007-07-05 09:50:53 · answer #9 · answered by no name 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
surely you dont know the concept of racism which is live in the hearts of the people who control the media... ie. 1 white guy dies in iraq... a whole month of morning... 100 iraqi civilians die... 2 secs on the bottom banner of the news cast
2007-07-05 09:40:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋