You're Not OUR Kind of Victim.....

Is it just me or does the media selectively portray certain races of people as villians, victims, and heroes? For example, black men are generally portayed in the news and other media as villians who do nothing more but cause (and look for)trouble. However on the flip side, white women (particularly attractive ones), are seen as naive, trusting victims. When Jennefier Wilbanks went AWOL days before she was scheduled to get married, she was seen as a victim, but with her poppy eyes like a deer caught in the headlights, she hardly defines attractive for me, but anyway. Her man was initially blamed for her disapperance, but when she was found out to be the perpetrator, nobody really even got mad. And when little Rilya Wilson had been noticed missing, you almost NEVER, EVER hear about HER. Oh, I almost forgot. What about the current AIDS and starvation crises in Africa? Some say when you see it on tv so much, you get desensitized and I guess it's true but I also imagine people are more sympathic to the "troubles" of whites while the plights of blacks and other non-whites go largely ignored. But I digress......