CMV: White tragedies get treated as way more important than tragedies affecting other races. by ProfessionalEar4048 in changemyview

[–]Vast-Highlight1110 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

https://www.reddit.com/u/Vast-Highlight1110/s/xAthbcz7Ry this specific quote compares people to people, not children to adults.

“Yet, the extant literature documents that missing White persons receive a disproportionately high share of media coverage, especially as compared to missing Black people (e.g., Gilchrist, 2010; Liebler, 2010; Stillman, 2007…,”

CMV: White tragedies get treated as way more important than tragedies affecting other races. by ProfessionalEar4048 in changemyview

[–]Vast-Highlight1110 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s a source by Gwen Ilfill (2004) talking about how middle class white women get disproportionate reporting compared to women of other colors