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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people comment on the husband's looks because they expect monsters to look different than other people. They are surprised (and maybe scared) that they might have dated a guy that looked like that.

There is decades old feminist research that documents how female crime victims are sexualized, as fodder for purient entertainment.[/quote]

There's also a sense of control. "Look at him, I knew right away something was wrong with him, therefore this could never happen to me". Except that he's a decent looking dude who looks just like everyone else, who could be considered attractive by many standards... [/quote]

Have you noticed that the individuals involved in these types of crimes (both victim and murderer) are usually fairly attractive couples and often the murderer is engaged in an affair.[/quote]

The ones that are publicized, you mean? It ups the public interest level when the people involved are rich and attractive.[/quote]

So, are you saying that fat/unattractive people go missing under mysterious circumstances like this but the media doesn't report it because the missing person isn't attractive enough?

If Lacy Peterson had been ugly do you think that the whole thing would have been swept under the rug?  I find that really hard to believe.[/quote]

Lacy Peterson was pretty and she was white. Double whammy. If she had been black  unfortunately it probably wouldn’t have gotten much press.  [/quote]

Here’s why.  People are interested in unusual events.  Unfortunately, an African American woman being killed or missing isn’t unusual to most people.  They expect criminal activity from this group of people.  It’s NOT expected for Ivy League graduates and married white women.  So it’s newsworthy.  If African Americans don’t have higher rates of violence then similar cases would also be on television. [/quote]

A black woman who is missing hasn’t engaged in criminal activity, so this attempt to rationalize bigotry makes no sense.[/quote]

I wasn’t saying she was engaged in criminal activity.  But white people sadly expect bad behavior from blacks. Most of the violent crimes in the US are by blacks.   It isn’t newsworthy.  Why do you think kids being shot in school makes the news but someone being killed in gun violence in Baltimore does not?  Because we all know and expect gangs to kill each other in Baltimore.  It isn’t unusual or surprising that gangs are killing each other in Baltimore.  [/quote]

You keep eliding the difference between what “we” believe about potential perpetrators and what “we” care about when it comes to victims. The racial differential in attention paid to crime victims is not logical; it’s a reflection of racism.[/quote]

A tragedy has occurred. 5 innocent young children are left without a mother and a father. Yes, she happens to be white, Jewish, a Brown grad, and wealthy. Can you not let the racism discussion go long enough to express sympathy for this situation?[/quote]

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