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kwassa

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2. I kinda agree, and kinda don't.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Sun Jan 3, 2016, 09:13 PM

Jan 2016

The lives that are seen as precarious are the most like those that run media outlets.

Part of this comes from universal human narcissism. We are interested in ourselves, or people very much like us. The media lords also look at the world through that lens. Missing white girls are a story; missing black girls, not so much.

and one local death is much more newsworthy than the death of thousands on the far side of the world. We are more interested in news that is close to us.

The majority is interested in the majority, not the minority, not the far away.

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Which lives matter? [View all] pnwmom Jan 2016 OP

A good read, pnwmom. brer cat Jan 2016 #1

I kinda agree, and kinda don't. kwassa Jan 2016 #2

That's all true. But what are we doing still spending millions of dollars pnwmom Jan 2016 #4

all the graves get that special honor. kwassa Jan 2016 #5

Why do we honor any confederate graves? Why are we honoring pnwmom Jan 2016 #6

That's a good question, but BlueMTexpat Jan 2016 #7

Good read .... "iconic versions of populations" Person 2713 Jan 2016 #3