Sharon's Muse.... Let's chat over coffee while I ponder some things
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Sharon's Muse.... Let's chat over coffee while I ponder some things |
About Me
Name::Sharon Cullars
From::United States
Exploring the various landscapes of me...
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TOOL & BAD BOYS Short, Short Ebooks Erotic Stories My Artwork
My Merchandise Freelance Projects
blog posts, articles, web content, resumes, copywriting, proofreading
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Read my profile on Air Station Savannah's pivotal Katrina rescues
Read my article on the Fair Trade system
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Let's take this national I am outraged about the brutal rape of the black dancer by members of the Duke lacrosse team. I'm equally dismayed that there is little to no national coverage. In an attempt to rectify this, I've emailed Dateline with what may turn out to be a futile effort to get national coverage for this brutal crime. Still, I feel the need to do something constructive. Below is the email I sent: *** I find it disturbing that the media so obviously places more value on some lives than they do on others, based on mere race and attractiveness. Case in point, the recent brutal murder of the NY coed (by a black man), a story that was all over the airwaves, esp. your show. Missing from the same airwaves was the horrendous murder of another coed, this one from Illinois State University. Her name was Olamide Adeyooye. (Check her mysmart page at http://www.myspace.com/olamide1.) Here was a beautiful young woman with an equally bright future and vibrant personality, a woman whose boyfriend was a member of an up and coming rock band. Yet the fact that she was abducted, taken across state lines to Mississippi, where she was brutually murdered and her body set on fire until she was unrecognizable - none of these facts managed to flag this story as worthwhile for national media coverage. The blogosphere wrote about this disparity, white and black bloggers alike. The Natalie Holloway's (you know her, don't you?) are tragic stories; and so are the Olamide Adeyooye’s. As is the black stripper who was used, abused and nearly killed by monied whites who felt that it was their privilege to do so. I’m writing this email more out of frustration than as a constructive means of changing a system that is intractable in its rendering whole groups of people invisible. But just ponder this: the black women you work with, laugh with, who you may even think of as a friend or who may even be a lover – if she were treated as this young stripper was, as Olamide Adeyooye was, wouldn't you think her tragedy worth a few sound bytes on your show? Again, just a question. *** If any one reading this is interested in contacting Dateline to help get this story national exposure, please email the show at dateline@nbc.com. Update: Rachels Tavern reports that this story is blowing up big and has even garnered some national coverage including The New York Times (front page today), the Today Show, CNN, and Rita Cosby. I am still continuing my campaign to get this on Dateline, because featured stories get more than just a ten minute blurb. This story is worth an hour's analysis based on the cross issues of race, gender and class. If you can, please email Dateline and let them know that you care about this victim and others like her.
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