General Discussion

Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

67. Having watched ID.channel, its obvious police.get more invested in the

Reply to hunter (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 06:13 PM

Sep 2021

Young white.victims regardless of it becoming a media story. They will be teary eyed talking about the victim

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

77 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

If Gabby Petito were black, she wouldn't be all over the news [View all] Sabrielo Sep 2021 OP

I think you have to be a young and attractive white woman spooky3 Sep 2021 #1

I think it might have more to do with her social media presence womanofthehills Sep 2021 #13

not every missing white woman gets attention, but almost every person that gets attention is young Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #35

Agree, and the research shows a pattern, too. Nt spooky3 Sep 2021 #61

No one should doubt this is true. madaboutharry Sep 2021 #2

This nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #8

Yup Lemon Lyman Sep 2021 #16

yup.. you are so right about the class part of the equation. Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #36

heavy discussion markie Sep 2021 #3

If this was a transgender black person there'd be crickets. hunter Sep 2021 #4

We wouldn't have even heard about it. 🤬 a kennedy Sep 2021 #10

Exactly vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #26

When something happens to a transgender person here, it usually gets a bit of air time. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #28

Trans panic vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #29

Yes and it's a hate crime LeftInTX Sep 2021 #30

It terrifies me vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #31

Me too, and if I wasn't so old I would look into moving to another country raccoon Sep 2021 #40

Truth walked into this thread without flinching. Duncan Grant Sep 2021 #52

how do we know? treestar Sep 2021 #59

Having watched ID.channel, its obvious police.get more invested in the Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #67

+1 MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #68

No question about it. choie Sep 2021 #5

Absolutely ... jimlup Sep 2021 #6

This case has clues. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #7

Extra fly in the ointment... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #9

The attractive white girl missing stories get national attention . The one you mention isn't JI7 Sep 2021 #15

The one I showed did get national attention. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #17

That's not what I mean by national attention . You know what I mean and the amount of attention JI7 Sep 2021 #19

I no longer have cable TV to watch every blip that's out there. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #20

It's not just cable news. It's local news also that covers it which is where I hear most of it from JI7 Sep 2021 #21

I heard one sentence on local news about this case LeftInTX Sep 2021 #22

As I said one sentence about the missing girl and that was it. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #23

It's gotten far more attention than that where I am . And everyone knows attractive white females JI7 Sep 2021 #24

Well, then complain about it!!!!! Write your local paper. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #25

Why does it bother me that the "news" media treats people differently based on appearance ? JI7 Sep 2021 #27

not every missing/killed white woman gets attention, but almost every missing/killed person who DOES Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #37

Vanessa Guillen got lots of attention LeftInTX Sep 2021 #42

a rareity Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #54

Native American women would be even lower alittlelark Sep 2021 #11

Thank you for adding this reminder to the thread. Duncan Grant Sep 2021 #56

Yep. 710 Native Americans missing from that area over the past decade. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #66

Follow up stats greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #75

I wonder bobnicewander Sep 2021 #12

BET (black entertainment channel) had a show called "find our missing" that focused on Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #38

Where are those stories then? treestar Sep 2021 #14

Prove the point nt bobnicewander Sep 2021 #18

Understand the sentiment Patton French Sep 2021 #32

it's more than a sentiment, it's a fact. the amount of police resources put on a missing young Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #39

Much as I understand the 'sentiment' of gravity... LanternWaste Sep 2021 #44

'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. Treefrog Sep 2021 #48

Lol!!! Nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #51

... Treefrog Sep 2021 #53

I did not intend to be dismissive Patton French Sep 2021 #50

Did you forget about Vanessa Guillen? LeftInTX Sep 2021 #33

Thank you. Treefrog Sep 2021 #45

Maybe. Either way it's a tragedy. Patton French Sep 2021 #34

Total agreement. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #41

I think it's more being young and pretty and having a case that is complicated and confusing... honest.abe Sep 2021 #43

I don't know, this whole story is so bizarre, so many twists and turns... Treefrog Sep 2021 #46

They would have been arrested and booked dclarston13 Sep 2021 #47

Maybe she would, if she were Upper-Middle Class maxsolomon Sep 2021 #49

Editors think that missing hot white chicks will draw a bigger audience Klaralven Sep 2021 #55

Yeah, I was thinking about this yesterday. electric_blue68 Sep 2021 #57

In every post about this, there is something along these lines treestar Sep 2021 #58

Apparently it is to some onenote Sep 2021 #60

I hate it obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #62

I think it is frustration that her story is everywhere, constant Bettie Sep 2021 #63

Well said. Someone posted on twitter. How about missing indigenous women. Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #65

The thing is none of them tell us about the treestar Sep 2021 #71

There is.concern for her Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #64

Plenty of other stories that sink in du - due to the demographic. Treefrog Sep 2021 #69

Why is this continually said without pointing to treestar Sep 2021 #72

Hot sexy young white chick goes a long way. It's not all because they care about white women more. boston bean Sep 2021 #73

I do think a sexy, not Latina or Asian, AA treestar Sep 2021 #76

why are we so sure of this? treestar Sep 2021 #74

Agreed greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #70

It's insensitive BradAllison Sep 2021 #77