http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/on-your-mind/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/on-your-mind/#comment-439 rmpdc Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:57:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=4860#comment-439 I don't mean to suggest that race/class weren't at play here. However. As I tweeted at the time, it seemed like the makeup of her social and professional network made a /huge/ difference - a lot of her people are in media and communications, they're online, they're active on Facebook and Twitter, they were subscribed to all the neighborhood listservs, etc. etc. I don’t mean to suggest that race/class weren’t at play here. However. As I tweeted at the time, it seemed like the makeup of her social and professional network made a /huge/ difference – a lot of her people are in media and communications, they’re online, they’re active on Facebook and Twitter, they were subscribed to all the neighborhood listservs, etc. etc.

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/on-your-mind/#comment-425 Blanonymouse Male Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:12:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=4860#comment-425 I think it says more about the missing person of color's "community" than anything else if they go missing and no one gets on social media about it - or gets on and doesn't get replies of concern. I think it says more about the missing person of color’s “community” than anything else if they go missing and no one gets on social media about it – or gets on and doesn’t get replies of concern.

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/03/on-your-mind/#comment-402 Anonymous Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:34:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=4860#comment-402 I tweeted the missing person alert after a brief internal conversation that acknowledged: 1) a missing person is always a scary thing to the person's loved ones; 2) I only knew about this particular missing person because of her neighborhood and class; 3) dead/missing white women always get attention; 4) even so, if a tweet can help return a missing person home, that's always a good thing. I noticed today on Facebook group page (https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162917233761607&ap=1) that someone had posted about a 16-year-old Black teen girl who's been missing from Baltimore since December 2010, so I tweeted that too. I tweeted the missing person alert after a brief internal conversation that acknowledged: 1) a missing person is always a scary thing to the person’s loved ones; 2) I only knew about this particular missing person because of her neighborhood and class; 3) dead/missing white women always get attention; 4) even so, if a tweet can help return a missing person home, that’s always a good thing. I noticed today on Facebook group page (https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162917233761607&ap=1) that someone had posted about a 16-year-old Black teen girl who’s been missing from Baltimore since December 2010, so I tweeted that too.

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