American Apologies |
A site dedicated to apologizing for all of the embarrassments, failures, and injustices done by the United States, as well as the Americans who have betrayed the ideals of one of the greatest countries in the world. Send questions or comments here or there. Full List | Twitter | Facebook | Contact | RSS |
Do the names Laci Peterson, Chandra Levy, Elizabeth Smart, Natalee Holloway, or Runaway Bride mean anything to you? What about Romona Moore, Tamika Huston, or LaToyia Figueroa? Probably not as much I bet. The difference between the two is the first group consists of high-profile cases which involve a missing white woman and which get caught up in the mass media news circus, bringing what feels like an endless amount of attention. The second group, however, consists of much less reported but similarly disturbing cases involving missing minorities that went relatively ignored by the media. And that, in essence, is what is wrong with what is called “missing white woman syndrome”. It is certainly not wrong to bring attention to any missing person case, but the fact that the media gives a seriously disproportionate amount of time to cases involving white women rather than people in general is what’s incredibly offensive. And who knows how many cases could have been figured out earlier if they were given the same amount of effort and attention that the Runaway Bride got for her bullshit disappearance?
