Shawna Forde gets death penalty

[kinvore.livejournal.com]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/22/arizona.double.killing/?hpt=T2

I don't advocate the death penalty but I shed no tears for this woman. Here's the crux of the story: an anti-immigrant militant attacked a Latino family, killing the father and 9-year-old daughter (as she begged for her life), and shooting the mother who only survived because she pretended to die from the gunshot.

The murderers thought the father was a drug dealer and they wanted his money to finance their budding hate group. I guess that would have been a nifty recruiting tool for extremists, their willingness to kill Mexicans to get things done. Nevermind the fact that the victims were American-born citizens, such details are irrelevant when racial bigotry is concerned.

This is the sort of thing that happens when you fan the flames of hatred, dehumanization is the predecessor to atrocity. I'm surprised this didn't get more attention from the mainstream media, I guess they aren't as liberal as so many seem to think.

Comments

[kawaiimamimi.livejournal.com]

Also, Natalie Holloway was killed by a white guy, it wasn't a news story because the murderer was Arab, Mexican, or Muslim.

That's not the point here. The point is that Natalie Holloway was white.

Natalie Holloway, Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, Chandra Levy, JonBenet Ramsey. These women are all women you know because there disappearances were publicized for weeks. The news exposure was massive. They were all pretty white women who were missing.

Do you see the same thing happen when it comes to missing women of color? No. Can you even name a single missing woman of color who got even one fifth the amount of exposure? No. You can't. Because there aren't any.

There is a racial bias in our media when it comes to who matters when they are declared missing.

http://abagond.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/the-missing-white-woman-syndrome/

There is also a bias in our media when it comes to people who commit crimes and what they are labeled as. A person of color is a terrorist, but a white person is considered just a crazy loner.

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

Do you see the same thing happen when it comes to missing women of color? No.

How many years ago was that?
(i.e. if things were so biased as you say there should be plenty of Holloways in the news, which there aren't). There's also about 3 times as many white people as non-whites, so if one gets huge mention, and race is not a factor, there's a 75% chance the person would be white.


A person of color is a terrorist

Absolute bs. I've seen plenty of colored people in the news who committed crimes who aren't labeled as terrorists. The vast majority in fact.

[kawaiimamimi.livejournal.com]

I do so love the smell of willful ignorance in the afternoon. Goes well with tea.

[notmrgarrison.livejournal.com]

There's a counterpoint full of substance.