Do you think race is a factor in this case? (see article)

I’d say yes, but then what is the argument for the smiley face killers victims? most of whom are white college males

I hadn’t heard of it, but I rarely hear about big events.
The article mentions that all of the women were poor, as well as black. I genuinely wonder if their economic status the reason why people haven’t heard about it. Seems like rich people get a lot more attention than poor people.

Another theory: Maybe the same as in the one I cited above, authorities refuse to piece the killings/deaths together and are treating them as individual crimes only.

At least a major news outlet is covering it now, thank goodness. Will that shame Nancy Grace and her ilk into covering it, though?

I don’t know much about the case but I do know that there are very many incidences that we know very little about and if the media doesn’t pick up on something or the family doesn’t broadcast it, the law will keep quiet. The last thing that local law enforcement or national law enforcement want is to spread panic. It’s a fine line… “Hey there may be someone in the area randomly killing and eating people with no particular M.O. so keep your eyes out, but please continue to frequent local businesses at night”. ~_~

No, I don’t look for racism everywhere like a lot of people do.

It is pretty unbelievable that something like this is not on national news. I hate to think it is racist but you have to figure if they were pretty, middle class white women, it would be getting a lot of press!

Does it also have something to do with the fact that women are poor, have unsavory backgrounds? If they were white women from the same background, would it be different?

There is no doubt, sad as it may be, that one’s value to society hinges on a lot of often shallow values.

Yea. Like @rooeytoo said, if it were attractive White women, people would have heard about it.

Well, might be race related, but I also think the fact that some victims were prostitutes and drug abusers probably affects the reporting, and being poor as well. In southern towns black on black crime, and crime in poor black neighorhoods is kind of ignored like a matter of course many times by locals. Still, the national media can decide to pick up the story or not pick it up. I’ve mentioned this before, but seems to relate so I will mention it again, there were 2 school shooting in Memphis schools last year that I am aware of, and just outside of Memphis in MS a parents came onto a schoolbus waving a gun. All poor black neighborhoods. Local news does carry it, but I don’t think the national news pays that much attention.

I just learned about this a couple minutes before getting to this post. In fact the article is still in my browser. I think @rooeytoo put it pretty well.

lack of coverage is either lot draw, or disinterest

we are all the same race: human

to claim otherwise is irrational

@BBQsomeCows There is a difference between race and species.

There are races within the human species.

Here is the wiktionary entry for race, in case you need to brush up on your definitions.