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RussellCattle

(1,542 posts) Fri Mar 19, 2021, 02:23 PM Mar 2021

Twenty-one year old white man goes into Charleston church and kills nine people. Twenty-one....

....year old white man goes into Atlanta area beauty parlors and kills eight people. The media reaction, the amount of coverage of these two similar events has been quite different. Why do you suppose that is? Black folk versus Asian folk? Church versus Beauty Parlor? A Pastor and his flock versus hairdressers and nail technicians? All of the above?

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Twenty-one year old white man goes into Charleston church and kills nine people. Twenty-one.... (Original Post) RussellCattle Mar 2021 OP

How is it different? ZZenith Mar 2021 #1

Both events are being widely covered. What are you seeing? JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #2

Where is it reported? tirebiter Mar 2021 #3

Massage Parlors EndlessWire Mar 2021 #4

ZZenith

(4,144 posts)

1. How is it different?

Reply to RussellCattle (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 02:25 PM

Mar 2021

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,432 posts)

2. Both events are being widely covered. What are you seeing?

Reply to RussellCattle (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 04:10 PM

Mar 2021

tirebiter

(2,542 posts)

3. Where is it reported?

Reply to RussellCattle (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 04:12 PM

Mar 2021

EndlessWire

(6,625 posts)

4. Massage Parlors

Reply to RussellCattle (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 05:20 PM

Mar 2021

I know some of them are called a spa, but they are characterized as massage parlors. And you know what *might* happen there.

The guy was mental with a sex problem. Just sad and sickening.

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