This is my first blog post anywhere so I hope it's mildly interesting to everyone.

The other day I was sitting down to read my papers (yes two papers, don't ask) and about halfway through the main news section I see a tiny little blurb about a missing women for our area. I continue to read and learn that an African American women had been reported missing by her boyfriend when she didn't return home from work. There was a brief describption of her tattoos and how tall she was and a small blurry picture. The second newspapers coverage of this story was even worse in that the blurb was even smaller and there was no picture whatsoever.

I was so pissed after seeing how callouslly this woman's story was buried. Small sections, shoved into corners on pages that were mostly covered with ads and would be likely to be missed. It saddens me because it is another sign of the racism in my area and the belief that people from certain cities just are not as important as the women from the wealthy ones. If a young white women from Valparaiso and disappeared without a trace there would be hotlines to call and places to volunteer to help search. Instead, since this was a WOC and she was located in Merrillville, IN she was downgraded to basic unimportance. It just pisses me off that front page news on my paper is that fact that some people have seen blue sea gulls but missing women get virtually no notice.

The link for the article is located here. I also want to point out that the picture used for this women is her mugshot...because I'm sure the boyfriend who reported her missing couldn't find another picture

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