At Jack and Jill Politics, rikyrah's post should serve as a reminder that cultural intertia is the source of as many subtle injustices as is the law.
Folks are actually looking for her, which is not the case in too many non-blond situations...I'm not trying to play down the police's efforts. I just know how short the public's memory is, and how long such efforts survive that forgetfulness.
Chicago woman missing since Tuesday
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Police stepped up their search for a missing drug sales representative after finding the 28-year-old woman's car near an abandoned building in Hammond, Indiana.
Nailah Franklin was last heard from Tuesday, when she sent an uncharacteristically vague text message to friends and family saying that she was having dinner and that she'd call later.
She never did.
Days earlier, Franklin had filed a police report saying she had been getting threatening phone calls.
Franklin's sister, Lehia Franklin Acox, said the family is trying to stay positive as police search the car for clues that could shed light on her disappearance.
Being positive "is our only option," Acox said before a weekend prayer vigil.
"We're all just trying to keep our spirits up, but it's a challenge," she said. "This is really taking a toll on us, with every day that passes. We're not sleeping well, we're not eating well."
When Franklin didn't turn up for an important meeting last Wednesday with her boss at Eli Lilly and Co., co-workers at the Indianapolis-based drug company called her family, and family called police.
Franklin's sales territory covered Chicago's suburbs, her sister said.
Acox said it's unusual for Franklin not to contact her friends or family, leading them all to fear that she didn't leave willingly. Franklin had recently filed a police report about threatening phone calls she had received, but she declined to file an order of protection against the alleged offender, a man she once dated.
Franklin's car, along with some personal items, was found Friday night near an abandoned building in suburban Hammond, said Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond. She said the car was being taken to Chicago for forensic and evidence processing.
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The accidental shooting of
The accidental shooting of Stacy Williams III, a nine-year old black boy, in Bradenton, Florida by Latino gang members received about two days of front-page coverage and then fell of the map. In the days that followed, the mother of the slain boy was visited by US House Representative, Vern Buchanan, and Jim Brown mentioned the incident during a pre-scheduled visit to Bradenton to speak out against gangs and support his organization. Beyond that, the memory of the boy has not resonated in the collective consciousness of Floridians the way the deaths of Carlie Bruccia and Jessica Lungsford, two pre-pubescent white children from Florida who were raped and murdered by mentally deranged adults. The trial and conviction of these men was followed closely and cheered by those who wanted them put to death. The publicity these white victims garnered stands in contrast to the publicity accorded to the Stacy Williams tragedy. Some white people were incensed that the death of a black youngster and the efforts of the NAACP to work with the local police department in trying to address gang violence recieved even modest media attention.
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=55357
Some white people were
That right there is the problem.
Yep, the good white folk
Yep, the good white folk were probably foaming at the mouth just thinking that ANYBODY would give a damn about a black child's murder let alone give it MEDIA attention on THEIR media outlets.
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Unfortunately, the missing woman from Chicago is the sister of a friend and sorority sister. I'm just sick about this.