Missing White Woman Syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing...woman_syndrome

I have to say, although it's kind of "unofficial" at the moment, it's probably a truthful term. Ever notice that the majority of the time, when someone is missing and is reported on the news, it's often a white woman, and she's either really pretty, rich, or both.

Kind of thought of this topic after seeing all the hub-bub on the news and many people talking about the JonBenet Ramsey case. Lots of children go missing all the time, and it does suck, but why does the media only focus on them?

For example, there was a girl named Alexis Patterson, 7 years old, who was kidnapped around the same time as this other girl, Elizabeth Smart. But who did the media largely focus on? To be fair, Alexis did get some news coverage (at least local, if not on CNN), even after Elizabeth Smart was found, but I guess cause she's not white, she's not deserving of much coverage anymore.

I know I sound kind of racist, and probably a little sexist too, but really, think about it. When Natalee Holloway was missing in Aruba, why did she get so much coverage? I think I saw her on the news for like nearly 2 months, and then she sort of gradually faded from view.

All I'm saying is, they should give more coverage for other missing kids, not just the pretty white girls. When I heard about that Ramsey stuff again on the news, I immediately imagined the scene in Scary Movie where Cindy Campbell types on the police website "White woman in trouble!", and the next scene showed like 5 police cars all suddenly going out with sirens blaring

Jam it back in, in the dark.