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Friday, August 15, 2008 12:00 AM

"We want our kids back too"

A new viral Web campaign seeks to raise awareness about missing children of color.
Kate Harding

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  • Friday, August 15, 2008 03:06 PM

    I'd never heard of Caylee or Madelaine, either

    I don't know where this obsession with missing white women/girls came from, but it's way overblown. Yes, it's a good idea to have regional awareness in case anybody sees a missing child/person, but why do I need to know about a little girl who was kidnapped in Floria, 2,500 miles from me? At some point it becomes gratuitous. We are invading the privacy of the families involved simply to ... I'm not sure what we get out of it. But it can't be good. And if we keep the interest regional, then the media will be able to show more missing local kids, since they won't be busy obsessing over children missing half a world away.

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