Comments on: On: Recent Abductions of Women of Color, WE Are Targets Too!

By: tremaine

tremaine — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:16:22 +0000

Linda, I assure you that you, your daughter, and your family have been in my prayers and will continue to be. I am glad that you had a chance to “stumble” across this article. I hope others find their way to it too, so that we can make as many people aware of the African-American women who are missing. I will echo what Deanna has said above; I am available if needed for anything. Thank you for visiting Clutch and letting us know that you and your family were here.

By: Clutch

Clutch — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:59:53 +0000

Mrs. Bowie,

Thanks so much for visiting Clutch. Monica and your family are in our prayers and we pray for her safe return. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you and your family.

Deanna Sutton
dsutton@clutchmagazine.com

By: Family of Monica Bowie

Family of Monica Bowie — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:53:46 +0000

We were not aware of the feature on Monica I was reading the pages and came across the article. I thank you for thinking of her. We will make sure she sees this when she comes home ( We never lost our faith in GOD). Please if you know anything let the world know. It will take someone with compassion for our black and missing children, not taking anything away from others who are missing. We hope all of our children come home to their families.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:44:23 +0000

Monica is my daughter ! None of us (her family ) have given up on our GOD. He gives us strenght to go thru each day. It has been seven months as of Feb. 5, 2008 and no words from her. GOD will reveal her to us in his time. Keep her and us in your prayers as we keep you and your family in ours. If you have even the smallest infromation please contact us using my e-mail (if you have possitive ) information that will help us. perrysouth@verizon.net Thank You in advance MOM!!!

By: tremaine

tremaine — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:02:29 +0000

thank you for this B. i’ve added the link to my favorites and I will keep myself updated.

By: B!

B! — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:11:04 +0000

One site that keeps track of these cases when nobody else does is Black, Missing, but Not Forgotten (http://blackandmissing.blogspot.com/)

They’re all in my prayers.
We gotta keep an eye out for each other.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:08:57 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_White_Women_Syndrome

this is why the media doesn’t care about women and or children of colour who go missing , its called missing white women syndrome. It’s versy sad, but at the same time we shouldnt be surprised that the media only cares about white women this country is runned by white people and they only put themselves 1st..and everyone else last.

By: tremaine

tremaine — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:47:57 +0000

Sylvia, I’ve actually read this somewhere else, on another site while I was researching material for this article. *shrugs* It can easily become this “damned if you don’t and even if you do” way of thinking.

By: Sylvia @ I Like Her Style!

Sylvia @ I Like Her Style! — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:26:06 +0000

By the way I should make it clear that those were my conclusions, not what I actually believe ;)

By: Sylvia @ I Like Her Style!

Sylvia @ I Like Her Style! — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:24:53 +0000

I wrote a paper once on this and similar incidents and concluded that a lot of the time, black men/women don’t get media coverage because there is and underlying consensus that their disappearance was down to their own misbehavior. Read we are menaces’ to society therefore we deserve what we get!

I also think black women are not considered “attractive” by society-at-large and to get that intense coverage you need to be, regardless of age, race etc., attractive to be on TV. Those blonde haired, blue-eyed girls supposedly raise ratings. Go figure…