Murdered Pregnant Women: The Racial Divide

this makes me sick, and sad...to read...I wish that we were able to instantly change the world, destroy the disgusting racial barriers that victimize loved ones...

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There is definitely a racial divide in how missing persons cases are handled, it is an unfortunate fact. There is also an extreme problem in how missing adults cases are handled. Too often law enforcement agencies will not take reports from the families, botch investigations, or not do anything at all because they feel that person walked away on their own until proven otherwise. Often that is too late and clues have gone cold.

We must demand better legislation for the way all missing persons cases are investigated and it must be done promptly. Family members and friends need to be heard and believed when they say someone would not leave their home, children, vehicle, and all earthly belongings and walk away from their life.

As far as the media goes........that's a whole nuther ballgame!

My little sister went missing late last year in San Diego, and for 3 months we couldnt find her. not only was she a single mother of a 5 year old, but she was also african american and a muslim.

before i went out to sandiego on the 11th i think of november, not only was the city being retarded and uncaring, but when i called the news, they said i had to pay, needed a reporter that was willing to do the story, and that there was no market for reporting a story like that. NBC7 if i can remember.

our story will never be looked at. hell it wasnt until the late 80's that it was even considered to show black people kissing on network TV!! what makes you think the news coverage would be any different?

I've definitely researched about the whole "missing white women syndrome" that fascinates America and although I think it leads to solving cases, the media bias does hurt the minority community and how we are perceived.

In high school, a hispanic girl I had class with went missing and there wasn't a huge uproar about it because they thought she had just run away from home. Turns out she was kidnapped by her boyfriend. Folks didn't pay attention to the case thinking that the Black or Hispanic community go off on their own; causing their own problems while white women have obviously been taken or murdered i.e. the whole runaway bride fiasco, Jennifer Wilbanks.

At times, it's really hard because you don't want to roll your eyes every time there is a breaking story of a white woman gone missing. You definitely feel for the family and the whole situation sounds horrible. But I'm tired of it being one-sided. We heard more about Jessica Lynch being a hero than we heard about Shoshana Johnson (a black woman) or Lori Piestewa (a Native American).
We know that racism exists, even within our own hearts sometimes but I'd never expect for the media to want to give more help or support to the white people. You'd think that if any of us were drowning, someone, anyone would be there with an out-stretched hand to save us.