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Joy Reid calls out ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome’ amid Gabby Petito case
Biba Adams
Tue, September 21, 2021, 7:57 AM·3 min read
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“The Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice,” Reid
acknowledged while decrying the inconsistent media coverage.
On Monday’s airing of The ReidOut, host Joy Reid addressed the massive
media coverage surrounding Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, the young New York
woman who went missing earlier this month while on a road trip from
Florida with her boyfriend.
Remains authorities believe to be Petito have been found in Wyoming’s
Grand Teton National Park, and her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie — who has
been named as a person of interest in her disappearance and apparent
death — has gone missing after refusing to speak with investigators.
MSNBC host Joy Reid and Gabby Petito, theGrio.com
MSNBC host Joy Reid (left) and Gabby Petito (right), whose body was
recently found after going missing. (Photo: MSNBC/Instagram)
“The way this story captivated the nation,” Reid told her viewers, “has
many wondering why not the same media attention when people of color go
missing? Well, the answer actually has a name: Missing White Woman
Syndrome, the term coined by the late and great Gwen Ifill to describe
the media and public fascination with missing white women like Laci
Peterson or Natalee Holloway while ignoring cases involving of people of
color.”
While noting the inconsistencies in the media’s coverage of Americans
gone missing, Reid acknowledged the sadness of the Petito case. “It goes
without saying that no family should ever endure that type of pain,” she
said, “and the Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice.”
“No one is looking for us.” With all the coverage on the Gabby
Petito case, Joy Reid calls out the media’s obsession with missing white
women, and calls it “missing white woman syndrome”.
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— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) September 21, 2021
Joy Reid discussed the lack of coverage of missing Black & Native
American women on her show tonight. We have to do better as a society.
We can't let the powerful at the top, mostly white males, tell us what's
important. We have to steer our own agenda. Started in 2020 cont in 22
— Dana MS, CCC/SLP (Retired) (@Dana44045978) September 21, 2021
On Reid’s weekday show Monday, panelists included Derrica Wilson of the
Black and Missing Foundation and Lynette Grey Bull of Not Our Native
Daughters Foundation. They pointed out a case of a missing 24-year-old
young Black man who disappeared after a car crash in Arizona in June.
His case is only now starting to get national media attention.
As previously reported, Daniel Robinson was last seen driving away from
his job site in the Buckeye, Arizona desert on June 23. His father,
David Robinson, has been organizing search parties, launched a website,
and he even hired a private investigator after he felt law enforcement
authorities weren’t providing much help. Their family has set up a
GoFundMe to continue their search for Daniel.
Reid noted that she had not heard of Daniel Robinson’s case until a
friend shared the information with her.
“It is definitely the issue,” said Wilson. “And we have been sounding
the alarm for nearly 14 years because of this. When it comes to missing
persons of color, men, women and children, our cases are not taken
seriously, and no one is looking for us if we were to go missing.”
Reid asked guest Grey Bull why she feels missing indigenous women don’t
get media coverage, and she replied, “One of the main factors and one of
the key factors that a lot of people don’t want to talk about is that
it’s racism. It’s systemic racism. We’re still fighting oppression in
our tribal communities. We are still facing inequality across the board,
whether it comes to our community, housing, jobs.”
“I mean, you can pick any topic in any country and have an issue there,”
said Grey Bull. “So, it’s no different when it comes to missing,
murdered indigenous women and girls.”
