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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
I apply things to myself to avoid the age old trap of "speaking for others". But at the risk of speaking for others, I just can't believe the majority of people truly believe that Natalee, for instance, is genuinely more important than Suzy Q., who is an 18 year old missing girl that didn't make all As and has brown frizzy hair. Natalee's story might be more interesting and easier to relate to, but does that automatically mean people value her life more than their neighbor's?
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You really can't believe this?
Even though you've noted that news organizations focus massively more time, effort and attention on cute white girls than random black girls?
Even though the news organization presumably does this because it increases eyeballs on the screen, improving ratings and whatnot?
And with the knowledge that the overwhelming majority of viewers are neither cute nor young (although they may be white and female)?
I mean . . . if you want to pay lip service to the notion of "better-person" intrinsic value, go crazy - but all the evidence points toward a disproportionate societal interest in cute, rich, smart, young white women. Which means we're more interested in them. Which means they're "more important" in that sense. Which is the only way we have to measure "value" to the community at large.
If you don't want to make the leap, fine, but hopefully you can see a.) why others will and b.) that it's just not that short. Sure, individuals don't - but the whole certainly does. 100% does.