Missing white women syndrome

[signalmankenneth]

I know I'm getting sick of this, making a big deal of missing white women and girls, when so many people of color are missing too?!!

The late Gwen Ifill, coined this phrase (missing white women syndrome). The media bares responsibility for this too?!!

(CNN) David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a work site in the desert in his Jeep Renegade on June 23.Robinson, who lives in South Carolina, hired an independent investigator and assembled a volunteer search team when he says he felt the police weren't making progress in the investigation. He also says he failed to get the amount of media coverage he believed the case needed. The case was reported by the local media as early as July 9.

Still, Robinson said it's "hurtful" to see a young White woman's case met with more urgency and national attention than his son, who is Black.

"You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it's really not equal," Robinson told CNN.

Robinson is among the Black and brown families whose loved ones remain missing and say they have struggled to get fair attention on their cases. Some say they have grown frustrated with watching the search for missing White women like Petito be in the spotlight, while police appear to allow their cases to go cold or classify their loved one as a "runaway."

The issue has for years prompted people of color to take matters into their own hands, holding rallies, launching independent probes and seeking help from community advocates and lawmakers to get their cases in the public eye.

Some experts say the nation faces "Missing White Women Syndrome," which is defined by the heavier media attention White women and girls receive when they go missing compared to anyone outside of those demographics, according to a study published by the Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. The study points out that missing Black people are less likely to garner media attention at the outset than other groups and when they do make the news and they receive a lower intensity of coverage.

Zach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome -- a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill.

"As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about," he said. "When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend... and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/fa...ple/index.html


Critics claim 'missing white woman syndrome' has overshadowed these missing persons cases?!!

[Mr.Badguy]

It's because white women are obsessed with murder for some reason. I'm constantly seeing women post about a series on Netflix or on Investigative Discovery about murder, and seeing a victim that looks like them hooks them even harder.

Probably a smidgen of racism is involved too, I'm sure some are shocked and appalled to see a beautiful white woman go missing, when the whole world is supposed to revolve around them.

[volsrock]

I know I'm getting sick of this, making a big deal of missing white women and girls, when so many people of color are missing too?!!

The late Gwen Ifill, coined this phrase (missing white women syndrome). The media bares responsibility for this too?!!

(CNN) David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a work site in the desert in his Jeep Renegade on June 23.Robinson, who lives in South Carolina, hired an independent investigator and assembled a volunteer search team when he says he felt the police weren't making progress in the investigation. He also says he failed to get the amount of media coverage he believed the case needed. The case was reported by the local media as early as July 9.

Still, Robinson said it's "hurtful" to see a young White woman's case met with more urgency and national attention than his son, who is Black.

"You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it's really not equal," Robinson told CNN.

Robinson is among the Black and brown families whose loved ones remain missing and say they have struggled to get fair attention on their cases. Some say they have grown frustrated with watching the search for missing White women like Petito be in the spotlight, while police appear to allow their cases to go cold or classify their loved one as a "runaway."

The issue has for years prompted people of color to take matters into their own hands, holding rallies, launching independent probes and seeking help from community advocates and lawmakers to get their cases in the public eye.

Some experts say the nation faces "Missing White Women Syndrome," which is defined by the heavier media attention White women and girls receive when they go missing compared to anyone outside of those demographics, according to a study published by the Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. The study points out that missing Black people are less likely to garner media attention at the outset than other groups and when they do make the news and they receive a lower intensity of coverage.

Zach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome -- a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill.

"As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about," he said. "When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend... and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/fa...ple/index.html


Critics claim 'missing white woman syndrome' has overshadowed these missing persons cases?!!

Unarmed white killed by cops hardly nothing on the news
It's a local issue


Black felon thug killed by cops.. 24/7 wall to wall national news coverage gold casket etc etc

[volsrock]

I know I'm getting sick of this, making a big deal of missing white women and girls, when so many people of color are missing too?!!

The late Gwen Ifill, coined this phrase (missing white women syndrome). The media bares responsibility for this too?!!

(CNN) David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a work site in the desert in his Jeep Renegade on June 23.Robinson, who lives in South Carolina, hired an independent investigator and assembled a volunteer search team when he says he felt the police weren't making progress in the investigation. He also says he failed to get the amount of media coverage he believed the case needed. The case was reported by the local media as early as July 9.

Still, Robinson said it's "hurtful" to see a young White woman's case met with more urgency and national attention than his son, who is Black.

"You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it's really not equal," Robinson told CNN.

Robinson is among the Black and brown families whose loved ones remain missing and say they have struggled to get fair attention on their cases. Some say they have grown frustrated with watching the search for missing White women like Petito be in the spotlight, while police appear to allow their cases to go cold or classify their loved one as a "runaway."

The issue has for years prompted people of color to take matters into their own hands, holding rallies, launching independent probes and seeking help from community advocates and lawmakers to get their cases in the public eye.

Some experts say the nation faces "Missing White Women Syndrome," which is defined by the heavier media attention White women and girls receive when they go missing compared to anyone outside of those demographics, according to a study published by the Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. The study points out that missing Black people are less likely to garner media attention at the outset than other groups and when they do make the news and they receive a lower intensity of coverage.

Zach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome -- a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill.

"As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about," he said. "When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend... and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/fa...ple/index.html


Critics claim 'missing white woman syndrome' has overshadowed these missing persons cases?!!

Unarmed white killed by cops hardly nothing on the news
It's a local issue


Black felon thug killed by cops.. 24/7 wall to wall national news coverage gold casket etc etc.. businesses in many cities Nationwide set on fire looted

[Lionfish]

I know I'm getting sick of this, making a big deal of missing white women and girls, when so many people of color are missing too?!!

The late Gwen Ifill, coined this phrase (missing white women syndrome). The media bares responsibility for this too?!!

(CNN) David Robinson has been in Arizona for the last three months searching for his 24-year-old son, Daniel Robinson, who went missing after leaving a work site in the desert in his Jeep Renegade on June 23.Robinson, who lives in South Carolina, hired an independent investigator and assembled a volunteer search team when he says he felt the police weren't making progress in the investigation. He also says he failed to get the amount of media coverage he believed the case needed. The case was reported by the local media as early as July 9.

Still, Robinson said it's "hurtful" to see a young White woman's case met with more urgency and national attention than his son, who is Black.

"You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it's really not equal," Robinson told CNN.

Robinson is among the Black and brown families whose loved ones remain missing and say they have struggled to get fair attention on their cases. Some say they have grown frustrated with watching the search for missing White women like Petito be in the spotlight, while police appear to allow their cases to go cold or classify their loved one as a "runaway."

The issue has for years prompted people of color to take matters into their own hands, holding rallies, launching independent probes and seeking help from community advocates and lawmakers to get their cases in the public eye.

Some experts say the nation faces "Missing White Women Syndrome," which is defined by the heavier media attention White women and girls receive when they go missing compared to anyone outside of those demographics, according to a study published by the Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. The study points out that missing Black people are less likely to garner media attention at the outset than other groups and when they do make the news and they receive a lower intensity of coverage.

Zach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome -- a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill.

"As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about," he said. "When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend... and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/fa...ple/index.html


Critics claim 'missing white woman syndrome' has overshadowed these missing persons cases?!!

Ya, I also got sick of the george floyd and Michael Brown stories and the lack of anything about white cops being shot.

[AProudLefty]

Unarmed white killed by cops hardly nothing on the news
It's a local issue


Black felon thug killed by cops.. 24/7 wall to wall national news coverage gold casket etc etc.. businesses in many cities Nationwide set on fire looted

I don't recall any black cop killing an unarmed white person for no reason except for racism. Perhaps you can point out a few examples?

[AProudLefty]

Ya, I also got sick of the george floyd and Michael Brown stories and the lack of anything about white cops being shot.

The topic is about missing people, not Flour.

STAY ON THE TOPIC.

[volsrock]

It is interesting that black leaders are showing far more anger at people following this case, then they showing towards the ongoing bloodbath of blacks in Chicago.