If it is not racism or sexism what is it?
Brendan Kennedy , Canwest News Service
Published: Saturday, October 04, 2008
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine says not enough attention is being paid when young native women go missing in Canada – a complacency he says is rooted in racism and discrimination.
Fontaine made the statement Saturday as he joined the parents of two teenage girls who have been missing for a month in Ontario.
The parents of the Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander were making an emotional plea for information on their girls’ whereabouts.
compare media coverage of Brandon Crisp, and the two girls.
All three kids have been missing for close to the same amount of time, are close in age, and are believed to have all run away.
brandon-crisp-google-news PDF , 2 pages, hundreds of news articles
maisy-odjick-and-shannon-alexander-google-news PDF, 1 page, seven news articles
(click on thumbnails for zoom view)
Compare incoming traffic to this blog for Brandon
For Maisy and Shannon
All missing persons should be created equal, but we have found that is not the case, be it blacks, asians, hispanic and natives, they do not get the same attention by the media. We are trying to bridge some of the gaps in this by bringing awareness to cases which wouldn’t be exposed otherwise. Please stop by and take a look at our interactive site where families and friends of missing persons are gathering.
http://peace4missing.ning.com
Thank you Delilah, I look forward to visiting you at your site. I’d like to help bridge those gaps you speak of.
I can’t help but notice that the media coverage for Brandon is massive and for Shannon and Maisy is dismal. It’s no wonder public interest follows suit.
I believe there needs to be a revolution ground up, by the people for the people. We are the media, we can change the media as we change ourselves.
Thanks for the inspiration!
xo
hazel.