Missing White Woman: Race bias in media coverage of missing persons
If you haven’t heard the latest news about the search for Gabby Petito, and the boyfriend with whom she was last seen, that information is not hard to come by.
Authorities Searched Exhaustively for Gabrielle Petito. What About Others?
The news media was fascinated with the disappearance of Gabrielle Petito. But the families of many women who go missing, especially women of color, struggle for attention.
Critics claim ‘missing white woman syndrome’ has overshadowed these missing persons cases
Most disappearance cases involving people of color quickly fall off the national radar, if they ever even make it that far — a racist double standard considering the current Gabby Petito saga, critics claim.