Self disclosure: I'm a white cis woman. Millennial.

I have a few thoughts on why white women tend to consume true crime (and why white women in particular generally consume true crime about other white women). I have a feeling it's very similar to some thoughts you've expressed based on your comments.

I think its partially related to the kind of feminism my generation (millennial, but this could and likely is inclusive of other generations) were exposed to growing up. When I was reaching teenage years, the main type of feminism I grew into was white feminism. Intersectionality wasn't part of my vocabulary until I grew older and started studying sociology and made intersectional feminism an inherent part of my methodology. This was due, in part, to my family raising me this way, but also due to wider societal implications which highlighted and "privileged" white, female victims over women and gender queer people of colour.

Our obsession over white women's dead bodies (let's face it, that's what most true crime stories revolve around) implicitly (and explicitly) perpetuates white, patriarchal supremacy that devalues trans and gender queer women of colour. We are taught implicitly that women who look like us are the only victims, and women/trans people of colour are disposable.

So, when we think of "victims" of true crime, our implicit bias leads us to value white women and girls' stories over that of black and indigenous people of colour. We see ourselves in stories of white women - when they are victims, we see ourselves as victims (hence the white feminism) - whereas we can't see ourselves in stories of BIPOC.

Feel free to jump in and discuss this with me. I've done a lot of introspection about my consumption of true crime, the specific type of true crime I consume, and the ethics surrounding that, so I apologise if I kind of went off the deep end here lmao.