A Tale of Two Missing Persons
The bodies of both young women have been found, but once again, the disappearance of the young black woman was ignored for the more palatable and marketable story of a missing white woman. What I do find interesting is the lack of response to Miss Sander’s newly acquired job as an internet porn star. I theorize that if Latesha had led that “double life”, the old “Jezebel” and “Sapphire” stereotypes would have been pulled to insult and degrade her in order to find a “reason” for her kidnapping and subsequent murder.
What makes Latesha’s death even more tragic are the circumstances surrounding the untimely death of NFL star Sean Taylor. Both deaths were preceded by threats and warnings that the police didn’t investigate too seriously, and now, two lives have been cut short.
Regardless of the racial implications of the news coverage, it’s troubling that young, college age women are being kidnapped and murdered in droves.
3 comments November 29, 2007
