No, it wasn’t because she was white and cute, but because the whole thing was caught on tape, and therefore it was a race against time to find her. Many people who go missing are victims of people they know, and therefore it never makes the news, often because it’s not even known for some time that they were abducted or taken some place against their will. In this case, it was obvious. White people of all ages are abducted every year, and you never see them on TV. So I don’t think you can make this a racial thing.
That said, I wish we’d go back to the death penalty for sexual crimes, as we did until the 1960s. The news reports said the kidnapper had a long record, and I’m sure at least some of his crimes were rapes or sexual crimes of some sort. But we wait until these guys kill somebody before we even get concerned.
I understand the need to get it out on local TV, but I hardly doubt that me watching Fox News 2,500 miles away would be able to render any assistance on this issue. I was only referring to the 24/7 news cycle ala Natalee Holloway.
“So I don’t think you can make this a racial thing.”
Racists can make anything into “a racial thing”. It’s all they think about.