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Date Posted: 15:13:55 06/20/02 Thu
Author: Lafaux
Subject: This one is hard to respond to because it's so hard to make sense out of racism (so harsh a term for so harsh a reality, a reality that most people continue to deny). I think that people don't admit to racism or favoritism because in doing so, they have to admit that their treatment of other human beings is any thing but human. A child is missing. That should be all that raises the compassion, the empathy and the ire or all of us. (Click)
In reply to: Joy 's message, "Two missing girls' cases show media disparity; Black Milwaukee girl gets little notice, white Utah girl widely covered. (Click)" on 12:18:07 06/20/02 Thu

The author, Domnick Dunne, was on Fox News last night, and he was asked why Elizabeth Smart's disappearance warranted the media coverage that it is getting, and Dunne went on to described Elizabeth Smart as an angel. Think about it. When you see pictures of angels, what do they look like? These are things that are engrained in us, so that even very decent people react more favorably to a certain look or life style than they do another. In this case,it's that old vicious cycle. The media tells us what to think, and what we should like, then they sell it to us 24-7.

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[> [> OH Lafaux, I was stunned at D. Dunne's words last night. But not only him...clk -- Tf, 21:44:15 06/20/02 Thu

> I don't think D. Dunne is right about this one. I think a lot has to do with Elizabeth Smart being taken from her own bedroom. Plus, her family is affluent. People who don't usually feel vulnerable want to hear about this one.
I was channel surfing last night and came across Chris Matthew's saying pretty much the same thing as Dunne.(Paraphrase)-' E. Smart is so beautiful and angelic. That's why we're intrigued. That's why this story has staying power.' Honestly, I think that's why HE'S intrigued. He's Irish-Catholic and she does look like the western depictions of angels he probably grew up with.
The story that is so horrendous to me is the disappearance of Rilya Wilson.


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[> [> [> Rilya is the little girl who disappeared from the Florida, correct? I mentioned the failure of the state to give a damn about the children that they are paid to protect. I also reponded to the Smart kidnapping on this board when it was first reported, as "Your worst nightmare, come true" (click) -- Lafaux, 22:01:35 06/20/02 Thu

The horror of the Smart case, for me, is that she was taken from her bedroom. What can be more frightening? Home should be a place of safety. When you put your children to bed at night, they should have sweet dreams, and they very well should be there in the morning.

But Tf, I go back to media coverage and the fact that the business of media is to push what sells. The Smart case sells because people what answers. They don't want that nightmare to come true for themselves. I wish that along with the Smart story, they would focus on some of the other stories as well.


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[> [> [> [> Re: Rilya is the little girl who disappeared from the Florida, correct? I mentioned the failure of the state to give a damn about the children that they are paid to protect. I also reponded to the Smart kidnapping on this board when it was first reported, as "Your worst nightmare, come true" (click) -- alyssa, 16:41:40 03/12/07 Mon

the smart case was serious and i would be totally freaked out but kids usually dont think that they can get kidnapped but anyone can no matter where or what.


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