Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Should you make National headlines if you put yourself in that predicament?

A few years back when I was partying hard in the streets of DC with my girlfriends we would see young ladies who would be drunk in the bars, clubs and streets without any friends and we would say there goes another "victim".  We were joking at the time but now that I am getting older and seeing all these females grabbing National media attention after they have been victimised I can't help to ask myself "is it fair that they get years of media attention, when they are the ones that put themselves in that situation."  Listen, I know it is not fair to blame the victim however we do not live in a Utopian society therefore you should do everything in your power to be smart and live smart.  Think safety first, always have a game plan.  When my girlfriends and I would go out we always had a designated driver, we never left each other and we would always come together and leave together.  I guess my problem with some of these media attention stories is....I did want to pull it out....but I have to...."The race card"....Yes ladies and gentlemen I am saying it....because these victims are white females they have dominated our media headlines.  One of the victims was a teenager who was giving permission to go to another country, she got drunk and her friends left her.  I could tell you already how that story was going to end.  I am not trying to be a bitch about it but why are we spending so much time on it? What about Temeka or Maria who may be a victim of crime that no one ever hears about because she is not white.  Whenever my girlfriends and I went out to the bars, clubs and events downtown the main race being so carefree and unsafe was the white people.  The other headline in the media is about a female that has an affair with a powerful married man and goes out to the woods for a supposed morning run once again I can tell you the out come....The wife of the married man killed her just a thought....I watch a lot of Lifetime.  Anyway I know I am sounding insensitive but I think a lot of you were thinking it and if you weren't, food for thought.  Until next time in the DMV stay current.

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