The Fraud Behind ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’

[mystery-ak]

September 24, 2021
The Fraud Behind ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’
By William Sullivan

On MSNBC, Joy Reid suggests that the sensationalism around the disappearance and presumed murder of Gabby Petito is a symptom of a prevailing systemic and cultural bias called “Missing White Woman Syndrome.”  There is a media and public fascination with “missing white women,” she says, while the media and public ignore “cases involving missing people of color.”

The charge, of course, is that Americans are only interested in Petito’s disappearance and death because she’s white, and they’d be much less interested, and the media would be less sensational in reporting all of it, if they thought something bad had happened to a “person of color.” 

This led me to be immediately reminded of a moment in recent history where the culture and media were much less interested in the disappearance and death of an innocent young white girl than, say, the death of a black teenager who had violently assaulted another man without physical provocation, and was killed as a court-determined matter of legally justifiable self-defense.

Back in 2012, CNN’s Brooke Baldwin, you may be surprised to hear, more correctly accused the Democratic Party of precisely the opposite of Reid’s charge.  Speaking to Florida House Representative Corrine Brown about the national outcry over the death of Trayvon Martin, Baldwin asked if she and her “fellow African-American lawmakers” would “be as concerned about this case if Trayvon wasn’t black?”

“Oh, let me tell you something,” Congresswoman Brown said.  “We had an incident in my area where a young white female was murdered and I was just as concerned, absolutely.  I care about all the children.  You know, you can make this…”

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/09/the_fraud_behind_missing_white_woman_syndrome.html

[mystery-ak]

 Left-Wing Journos Whine About Gabby Petito Coverage After Obsessing Over George Floyd For Months
September 23, 2021 By Eddie Scarry

Living under the new Black Lives Matter dictatorship apparently means that white women who go missing need to check their privilege.

Following some national media interest in the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, some leftists in that same media (along with some guilty consciences) microwaved the “missing white woman syndrome” grievance, the complaint that white women and girls who inexplicably disappear are given outsize attention relative to similar cases with ethnic minorities.

“The obsessive fascination with missing white women also leads to a slanting in sympathies,” New York Times leftist Charles Blow wrote Wednesday. “All missing-persons stories are human tragedies, and because we are all human we empathize with the people we see. But this also erases the trauma of other missing people, as if nonwhite people never go missing, when they absolutely do.”

MSNBC’s Joy Reid said Monday, “Why not the same media attention when people of color go missing? Well, the answer actually has a name: Missing White Woman Syndrome.”

In response to the criticism, some news outlets, such as CNN and the New York Post, attempted to course-correct by highlighting a handful of missing-persons cases involving ethnic minorities.

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https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/23/left-wing-journos-whine-about-gabby-petito-coverage-after-obsessing-over-george-floyd-for-months/

[skeeter]

There is definitely is an ongoing trend towards minimizing the white from popular culture and its pretty clear it has to do with corporations seeking to groom new markets & politicians new voters.

Maybe its part of a campaign put together by the suits in Hollywood & on Madison Avenue targeted by region but it will not end well.

And of course there are the racist ideologues on the left, like Joy Reid, who are irked by anything white.

[Wingnut]

Missing Black TV Host syndrome.  Joy has a TV show, does she not?  She could promote finding missing peoples of color anytime she wanted.  With her massive viewing audience many such cases could be solved in weeks. Maybe Days.

[Smokin Joe]

There is definitely is an ongoing trend towards minimizing the white from popular culture and its pretty clear it has to do with corporations seeking to groom new markets & politicians new voters.

Maybe its part of a campaign put together by the suits in Hollywood & on Madison Avenue targeted by region but it will not end well.

And of course there are the racist ideologues on the left, like Joy Reid, who are irked by anything white.

I think it is run by the same people who thought the two mommies campaign was a good idea for J. C. Penney.

Just piss away half of your market to gain a couple percent elsewhere.

[jmyrlefuller]

Let's face it: if I went missing, no one outside my family would bat an eyelash. It wouldn't be front-page news for days.

Because I'm white, I'm male and I don't have another white male partner who would be the immediate prime suspect in my disappearance. That's the issue of Missing White Woman Syndrome in a nutshell: that young white men are villains.

[Smokin Joe]

Let's face it: if I went missing, no one outside my family would bat an eyelash. It wouldn't be front-page news for days.

Because I'm white, I'm male and I don't have another white male partner who would be the immediate prime suspect in my disappearance. That's the issue of Missing White Woman Syndrome in a nutshell: that young white men are villains.

Now, there you may be on to something.

Eeeevil whitemen have been part of the newsmantra for quite a while.

[libertybele]

Now, there you may be on to something.

Eeeevil whitemen have been part of the newsmantra for quite a while.

Granted there is a lot of truth in that.  However, the boyfriend at the very least committed debit card fraud and him being nowhere to be found makes him very suspect.

How this became nationalized, is anyone's guess.  Gabby's parents are quite amazed; they are getting condolences from all over the world.

[Smokin Joe]

Granted there is a lot of truth in that.  However, the boyfriend at the very least committed debit card fraud and him being nowhere to be found makes him very suspect.

How this became nationalized, is anyone's guess.  Gabby's parents are quite amazed; they are getting condolences from all over the world.

It became nationalized as a missing person's case.
(Prayers up for her parents and family, I can't imagine).
Cute young lady has spat with boyfriend, disappears, and people would rather get involved, hoping she'll be found than watch the stumblebum at the POTUS podium mumble and disrespect all that is good about America in the midst of a half dozen obvious major policy debacles.
 
The story started as an escape, and a bit of a smokescreen and grew legs. Americans love a mystery, and this one has grown: Did the prime suspect run off into the swamp? (Unlikely, I think that was a false trail to keep the hounds at bay and buy time to disappear.) Did he parents help him escape (for now)? Is he even still in the country? we don't know yet, but this is just the beginning of season one...