Before she died Mollie tweeted about how much she hated white people. This entire family is (or was,, in Mollie’s case) lunatic fringe and you couldn’t ask for better proof of that than reading Mollie’s father’s editorial. Just be thankful you don’t have to spend a holiday over at their house being lectured while they are sitting around in their pajamas sipping cocoa.
I went back and looked at the tweet and comments. How sad that these young white people (I’m black) are taught to hate themselves.
One has to wonder how much self-loathing contributed to her not being ‘aware’ when the perp confronted her.
Since Mollie’s death, I’ve read a few articles about women runners, the things that have happened to them, and why can’t they just run where and when they want to like men. Despite what feminists think, the world doesn’t see you as an equal. Many in the world will see you as a target.
I work at UI, where the story has been front page since she went missing. I hope incoming students will disregard what the father apparently wants them to do - turn a blind eye to people, especially men, and disregard commonsense rules for their own safety.