Grandmother of Missing 5-Year Old Girl Blames Lackluster Media Coverage on Race

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Anonymous November 4, 2011 7:14 pm (Pacific time)

Thanks to our President this Country is more devided then ever. Especially black Americans keep using the race card. If they don't get what they want it's because they are black. Very seldom you hear a black person say "I'm an American". No no no it's always African American. Does that mean that all the black people were born in Africa and them came to the US? That's wat it sounds like. Does any black person has enough pride to say "I'm an American!". Guess not, they always make sure they are African AmericAns. Maybe some of the black people need to change their birth Country to Africa. Now the President has the right to say that he is African American because there is enough evidence that he was born there. An he used all his life the race card. So let's grow up and try to say "I'm an American". Get over it if no one kisses your butt if you dont get what you want.

DJ: It's not just the blacks. I don't when it started but Americans have been hyphenated for decades. Ronald Reagan was an Irish-American. Pay attention and you'll see the hyphenation everywhere. For some reason, Canadians don't describe themselves that way to nearly the same extent.

In the same vein, American males usually add Jr. to their names. I've never heard of a Canadian male doing that. I have no explanation for the difference.

Anonymous October 24, 2011 2:42 pm (Pacific time)

Editor There is 'one ninth' the amount of coverage for the little Black girl, what part don't you get? I hope you never have to find yourself in this family's shoes." So beyond local coverage, that area where the child is actually from, what does it matter going national or international unless some time has gone by. I am also glad I would never be in that families shoes, we GPS all our family members right after we circumcise them.

Editor: Whoa...

Anonymous October 24, 2011 8:08 am (Pacific time)

I first heard about this while listening to the Laura Ingram show (national show), and later the FOX Network (national showing) was showing it repeatedly. I did NOT see any other networks showing this case. It would be interesting to see what racial balance is actually existing (or not) in showing these unfortunate events. Of course the other commenter, Luke Easter, was spot on, it is the responsibility of any childs family to watch over them. To make this a racial issue is something for people like Sharpton to pursue, and those of his ilk never let facts get in their way. Considering all the thousands on missing children that happen yearly, it is an editor/management decision on how it's reported, but there will always be those who want to make everything some kind of racial problem. Too bad. Kind of like why do they under-report racial crime in the national news?

Editor There is 'one ninth' the amount of coverage for the little Black girl, what part don't you get? I hope you never have to find yourself in this family's shoes.

Luke Easter October 23, 2011 5:25 am (Pacific time)

While the mother was out? Grandma should be questioning the whereabouts of the mother and who was with that precious little girl at the time. The media was not in charge of her granddaughter. How old were those siblings she wandered away from? Only responsible people should be in charge. Something is not right here and it is not the media it is the mom.

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