If most missing cases are men, why do we only hear about white women

	posted by Matt on 12:49 PM June 20th, 2005
	bandersnatch writes "From Seattle PI: Most of the missing adults tracked by the FBI are men. More than one-in-five of those abducted or kidnapped are black. But you might not get that impression from the news media, and some journalism watchdogs are now taking the industry to task for what they see as a disproportionate emphasis on cases in which white girls and women - overwhelmingly upper-middle class and attractive - disappear. "To be blunt, blond white chicks who go missing get covered and poor, black, Hispanic or other people of color who go missing do not get covered," said Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Washington-based Project for Excellence in Journalism. "You're more likely to get coverage if you're attractive than if you're not." -- In my opinion, this is one of the more obvious signs that feminism has pretty much been composed of white women only concerned about their pocketbook and their reproductive freedom -- if you happen to of color or worse, male, too bad, you're SOL."

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Case in point... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 02:45 PM June 20th, 2005 EST (#1) Any one ever hear of Anne mae Aquash? Probably not. She was a Lakota Indian woman. She had dark hair and brown eyes. She went missing and was later found dead, some years ago. It is beleived that the F.B.I. had something to do with it, but I don't know. Any way there was very little said about her in the media, then or now. If you want to know more about her you might try a GOOGLE search, or something. Alot of Indians go missing every year, for a multiplicity of reasons. Ever hear about it? Probably not... Some day if anyone notices that I have stopped posting here and on Indian activist sites, you can bet on two things I have either died of old age at 52 years of age, as many Indian men do, or someone didn't like what I have to say and "took me for a ride". Now that I think about it, amoung Indians it is also usualy the men that "go missing". But you'll never hear about it from our, oh, so objective news media. But yeah, Blonde hair, blue eyed females, you'll hear PLENTY about. Anyone else think that some people (The media, law enforcement, the government, etc.)need to get their priorities straight...?   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

Re:Case in point... (Score:2) by Roy on 05:02 PM June 20th, 2005 EST (#2) Thundercloud, While I wish you a very long life and a good death, there's another likely reason you could turn up missing. With all the attention VAWA 2005 has planned for tribal "peoples," (i.e. men) targeting American Indians as a "special" population with "special" domestic violence issues .... If you ever turn up missing, my first suspicion will be that the beefed up DV stormtrooper's Special Global Rez Squad got an anonymous 911 call about an unreformed MRA with a dangerous attitude and a keyboard. Maybe it's time to make a list of your enemies now, especially any women scorned, and give it to a trusted friend? ;-) "It's a terrible thing ... to be living in fear."

Re:Case in point... (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 12:11 PM June 21st, 2005 EST (#5) Roy- I knew there was someting I forgot to mention. The VAWA, being targeted to Indians. BTW, you'll probably notice that it is aimed at Indian men ONLY. Indian women are just as capable of D.V. as any Indian man is. Or as any White, Black, Asian, etc. But they will only be targeting "male abusers". Also just as it is in most "comunities" Indian women are also more likely to abuse their children. Especialy boys. But there will be nothing in this version of the VAWA about that, either. Un-fortunately, feminism has gotten to our women, too. There was a time when Indian men and women had a very special and sacred relationship to one another. Now it is all but gone. Feminism is MUCH to be blamed for this. Too be fair we Indian men are to blame as well as feminism and our women. We often stood by and let it happen. Including yours truely. We thought; 'Hey, if it helps women it can't be a bad thing.' We were wrong....,   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

have you seen Scary Movie? (Score:1) by scudsucker on 09:08 PM June 21st, 2005 EST (#6) If you aren't familiar with it, it was a horror/slasher spoof made by the Wayan's brothers. If you aren't familiar with the Wayan's brothers, they are a bunch of black male comedic actors. Anyway, in one scene, a white girl in high school is fleeing from a killer inside her house, and she barricades herself inside her bedroom, and goes to her computer. She goes to the website of the town's police station, and types in "white woman in trouble." Two seconds later, the entire police force is in her front yard. "...show young men an ideal of manhood that respects women and rejects violence" George W. Bush - Republican 2005

Re:have you seen Scary Movie? (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 01:02 PM June 25th, 2005 EST (#7) No, I haven't seen that movie, but that scene sounds par-for-the-course.   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

M'mmm (Score:1) by Gang-banged on 10:21 PM June 20th, 2005 EST (#3) (User #1714 Info) "Said Dori Maynard, president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, a group that works to improve diversity in newsrooms and news coverage: "In terms of giving citizens the information they need, I think we're failing because we're not giving an accurate portrayal of the world around them." The above sounds long overdue . . however, who in the institute is looking at the way Domestic Violence against men is covered, as opposed to the coverage of DV against women . . and the funding each attracts ?

This was discussed on one of the news shows (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 01:20 AM June 21st, 2005 EST (#4) This has really been on my mind a lot lately, and I'm glad to see someone doing a post on this topic here. There's a news talk show with Cal Thomas on Fox and this was discussed. Yes, white blond females really get the press, and there are all kinds of missing black men who you'll never hear about. I care about all crime victims, but what's with the outright bigotry of news media? Truck Signs for Hollywood Blvd.:   MAN-HATING   NEWS MEDIA   HARMS US ALL and   MAN-HATING   NEWS PROPAGANDA   HARMS US ALL and NEWS MEDIA IS SEXIST & HATEFUL AGAINST MEN and BIASED NEWS IS SEXIST & HATEFUL AGAINST MEN Ray

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