there appears to be a disproportionate coverage of white women as victims in media compared to their non white counterparts
is this an example of systemic racism? https://i.imgur.com/SvZEbaB.gifhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/families-missing-black-people/index.htmlZach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome -- a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill.
"As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about," he said. "When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend... and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color."
Yes it is. Talking about black crime doesn't get your network views, so they avoid it entirely.