Is our world changing for the better? A White Miss. police chief says race is why

[bean fidhleir]

the disappearance of a young, pretty Black woman doesn't get national coverage although the disappearance of a young, blond White woman does.

Why does one missing woman get all the attention while another woman's story becomes a buried headline?

Jackson, Miss., Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, who has been heading a search over the past eight days for 20-year-old Latasha Norman, thinks he knows one reason why.

"As far as the interest by the national media in the story, I think race probably had an impact," the police chief said. ...

"It's a small college in the South. It's the daughter of simple people who maybe are not important outside of their circle, and maybe we don't attach the same importance to them that we do for other people," said McMillin, who is white.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/BlackHistory/story?id=3898158&page=1

[ROakes1019]

1. McMillin

Malcolm McMillin is the sheriff of Hinds County, not the police chief of Jackson.

[bean fidhleir]

2. Apparently he holds both jobs:

http://clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=D0&Dato=20071116&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=711160802&Ref=PH&Profile=1001

[Bake]

4. True. He holds both jobs.

Which is totally strange. I think he's drawing full salary for each one, too.

Bake

[Blue_Tires]

3. not just race, but good looks factor into it as well....

[bean fidhleir]

5. Yet Latasha is much the prettier of the two, from a classic standpoint (nt)