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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would the case be getting this much press if she weren't white?  Don't think so.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing.  I can see why this would be a big story in Boston but not a national story.  I wish more attention were given to the missing/murdered Native American women.  Guess they're just not as telegenic or sympathy-worthy.   :roll:

https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org/mmiw[/quote]

If you think it is, then maybe you should be spreading the word, instead of disparaging and judging others.

[b]People follow what they identify with - it is not rocket science. [/b]

Stop showing up on each of these threads with the same old tired trope - do something about it - spread the word in other ways, to other boards/sources!  Your coming here and trying to disparge and judge the people who read this site is only hurting your message. [/quote]

You're right.  It's not rocket science.  It's racism.  It's a shame that you, and others like you, only see the tragedies/issues of those you identify with.  It's a shame you can't find anything about Native women to identify with - if nothing else, they are human.  [/quote]

I mean honestly it is actually more like human nature. When presented with two cases of women being abducted most people will feel the same way. But when you have news media run by predominantly white people, then when an attractive white woman goes missing, most of the news media relates to her, literally relates to her (I TOO am a middle aged white mom who is attractive with children, this could happen to ME), and so it gets obsessed over. I don't think being affected by something happening to someone very similar to you is racism, I think that is just how human brains work.

The fact that WOC are less represented NATIONALLY and broadly has to do with systemic racism which is what happens when this phenomenon takes place in hiring. People naturally hire people who seem like them for the same reasons. And when this phenomenon repeats then you have no representation in the media and then no one relates with the WOC so they are promoted less.

IMO attributing this to individualized racist thoughts really hampers the ability to solve the problem because it really isn't about people racistly not caring about WOC, it is about 100 tiny little decisions along the way that come from very subtle bias that changes the direction of the conversation. Its about every rock that makes a river bend, not the last rock that has no idea why the river chose it.

I think PP was saying that if you want to change it you should try posting about missing WOC, elevate their voices so people hear them. Because it is the rare person that will go LOOKING for sad stories, most people just react to what the media apparatus puts in front of us. [/quote]

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