Comments on: “Missing White Woman Syndrome” and Fear of Crime

By: Week 10 | sylviadhilke

Week 10 | sylviadhilke — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:05:17 +0000

[…] Missing White Woman Syndrome. As a not-so-avid watcher of the news this Missing White Woman Syndrome has never stood out to me. […]

By: The Terror of Little Girls: Social Anxiety About Women in Horrifying Girlhood | Bitch Flicks

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:00:45 +0000

[…] of what we are taught–stories of missing, kidnapped or sexually abused girls (at least white girls) get far more news coverage and mass sympathy than stories of boy victims. Little girls are […]

By: Missing White Women Syndrome | divmed83

Missing White Women Syndrome | divmed83 — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 01:54:46 +0000

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By: Implicit Project 10 “Missing white women Syndrome” and Fear of Crime by Lisa Wade PHD | mkkeiser

Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:43:47 +0000

[…] The use of media is ingenious with the subliminal manipulation effect it has on people. I myself haven’t realized what the media has done to my intellect until I have taken this class. It is an eye opening event to see how easy it is for the media to manipulate and control how people think and live. With reading this article it makes me realize that there is women of color missing in the media that have been victimized in one respect or the other. Does that make me a racist, some would think so and if i purposely understood that this was happening then yes, I would be just as wrong and a racist as the media. It is shameful to think I can be so controlled. It helps to be educated about every circumstance and happening there is not to fall under the medias grip, but we are human and can’t possibly know about everything even though we want to. There was an incident years ago about a young girl of color that I remember that was in the news because she escaped from someone that was trying to kidnap her. It was sensationalized because the girl was smart in how she was able to escape. But other than I don’t see news about women of color. It is sad we all deserve equal attention we all are important. http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/08/23/missing-white-woman-syndrome-and-fear-of-crime/ […]

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By: W12E2: Missing White Woman Syndrome « The Stolen Leopard

W12E2: Missing White Woman Syndrome « The Stolen Leopard — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:19:54 +0000

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By: lunad

lunad — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:24:00 +0000

which is still much lower than black men, despite living in the same neighborhoods. I think there is more to it than location.

By: Thevinend

Thevinend — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:55:00 +0000

I thought I kinda knew the answer why the drawn out missing kids, day in, day out. Why? Perhaps to overshadow the reality 2,200 children go missing EVERY DAY. 800,000 a year!!!!!!
Highlight safety information on your website

Fast Fact: More than 2,000 children are
reported missing every day.1

By: welcome to post racial america, pt 2: the hunger games and the value of black life | writing to transgress

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:41:29 +0000

[…] of missing people are PoC, while the mainstream news remains saturated with stories of beautiful missing white women. with these attitudes toward black life, it’s no wonder that black students, while comprising […]

By: What White People Should Know About George Zimmerman « Imagine Today

What White People Should Know About George Zimmerman « Imagine Today — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:50:36 +0000

[…] and pictured the criminal as a person of color before the newscast even let you know. Ever been unaware of the numbers of black women who are murdered or kidnapped in this country each year, without receiving the mass news coverage that white women do… I think you get my […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:44:00 +0000

Thank you for that mention. My teacher friend is looking for something like that for his class in Media Studies.

By: tenderhooligan

tenderhooligan — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:04:00 +0000

The comments below (re. apparent conflation of two issues) are correct but I’ll accept for the sake of argument that you were simply inspired by one issue to write about the other.

WWS is very pervasive and certainly affects fear of crime and fear of victimisation. I’m rather more concerned at the moment about the ways in which WWS and its variants affect media coverage of missing children and the potential impact that WWS (and, again, its variants) may have on police resources and attention. The most glaring example of this in recent times in Europe has been the massive media and police attention on Madeline McCann, who fits the happy middle-class, pretty little white girl criteria. There are countless other missing children who do not tick the WWS boxes and who have been ignored.

Also concerning are the ways in which women of colour who have been victims of violent and sexual offences are treated by the media in comparison to white women. It’s all part of WWS and our culture of privilege.

By: Hoosier

Hoosier — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:21:00 +0000

Im in Bloomington, IN and right now there are posters everywhere for the missing Lauren Spierer. Lauren is a 20y/o student of Indiana Univ. and was last seen in June. On July 4 a body was found about an hour north of here- in Fall Creek in Indianapolis. July 4 was on a Monday so the autopsy was to be performed on Tuesday, July 5. So Wednesday I pick up a Indy paper- I find mention of the autopsy in the SECOND SECTION. Turned out the body in the creek belonged to an African American woman and not Lauren or another white woman who was missing at the time. That is actually the last I heard of the Fall Creek body.

By: Crystal Tao

Crystal Tao — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:37:00 +0000

I am citing the beginning of your post:”These women are apparently important not because of their sacrifice, or because of what they say about Chinese politics, but because they’re beautiful.”

Now, let me ask – did YOU actually read the post you are referring to?
Which of these women was a sacrificed hero or was saying anything about Chinese politics?

By: Gilbert Pinfold

Gilbert Pinfold — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:38:00 +0000

No. This happens all the time. it is sometimes called ‘Black flight’. It usually leads to the target area becoming unsafe.