Spotlight skips cases of missing minorities
When police in Spartanburg, S.C., began investigating the 24-year-old woman’s disappearance, her loved ones swung into action. They distributed fliers, held news conferences and set up a Web site. Huston’s story became a cause célèbre in the local media.
Huston lived alone and obviously hadn’t been home for days, if not a week or two. Her dog, Macy, had given birth to puppies.
Rebkah Howard, Huston’s aunt and a public relations professional in Miami, tried to get the national media interested in the case. “I spent three weeks calling the cable networks, calling newspapers even yours,” Howard said this week.
Not much happened.
Yep, sounds about right.
Last night, I went out with my brother and his wife to a local cafe. They had a big screen TV with the sound turned down, and it was on Nancy Grace’s show. Using my sis-in-law’s cell phone to time it, they talked for 27 minutes about he Holloway case, complete with interviews, and another 22 mintues on the runaway bride.
Tamika Huston came up for about 45 seconds.
And she’d been missing for over a year.
Yes, the media covers missing minorities at the same pace as missing young white women. Also, flying donkeys.
The coverage of “White Girls Missing” can be used to an advantage, like THIS.
>>the fact that they all dont get the Media attention doesnt mean theres some Racist Agenda.
Um….sorry dude. It’s not just the Halloway case. Look at the Runaway Bride, the Ramsey Case, Elizabeth Smart, the chick in Wisconsin (who also faked her own dissappearance), Scott Peterson, and the list goes on and on.
There is, thankfully, at least one white male who summarizes the missing persons debate quite fairly.
Things Elizabeth Smart could have done to escape her captors
Enjoy.
>>the fact that they all dont get the Media attention doesnt mean theres some Racist Agenda.
your anti-apostrophe agenda is appalling