MSNBC's racist host calls Gabby Petito case "missing White woman syndrome"

If MSNBC host Joy Reid went missing and Tucker Carlson referred to the story as "missing Black woman syndrome," the Left's collective butts would explode [because that's where their thinking comes from].

 Reid, who is a racist Black woman [with a homophobic history she did not get canceled over], was discussing the media's coverage of Gabby Petito, 22, who went missing and has since been found dead. The coroner's autopsy report stated that she was a homicide victim and the story has made national news, perhaps as a distraction from the Biden debacle with Afghanistan.

In her angry, 'all White men are racists'-themed show, "The Reid Out," she agreed that the Petito family deserved "answers and justice" as to the cause of the White girl's death, BUT she believes the same media attention doesn't hold for non-White people when they go missing.

No, the media's attention only holds for people of color when they resist arrest and are shot by a White cop, even when the cop's life is in danger. In fact, more unarmed White men than Black men, are shot by police annually, and the numbers for both groups is small. 

The media's attention doesn't hold when a Black Capitol Police officer shoots and kills Ashli Babbett, an unarmed White woman entering the Capitol Building, the only person to die of violence at the Jan. 6th protest.

"It goes without saying that no family should ever have to endure that kind of pain. And the Petito family certainly deserves answers and justice," Reid said. "But the way this story has captivated the nation has many wondering, why not the same media attention when people of color go missing?"

"Well, the answer actually has a name: Missing White woman syndrome. The term coined by the late and great Gwen Iffil to describe the media and public fascination with missing White women like Laci Peterson or Natalee Holloway, while ignoring cases involving missing people of color," this disgusting racist said, making reference to two high-profile cases of missing women.

Here's the thing, even MSNBC covered the case extensively and had an opinion piece Monday on its website. And when you get right down to it, even Reid covered the case, albeit in her typical racial tones. If there was no such thing as racism, Reid would be out of a job.

Reid spent the rest of the segment talking about missing Black and Native Americans she claims to have never heard about in the same way of the Petito case. Perhaps this is due to her ignorance, or the possibility that Petito was somewhat of a known Instagram entity.

Reid cited statistics from the Black and Missing Foundation suggesting the disparity in media coverage between White and non-White women was due to how they're classified, as runaways, for example. She believes minorities don't get the media coverage because it's thought they live most of their lives with crime and poverty as a regular part of their existence.

Reid ended the segment by suggesting that missing women of color weren't noticed as much because they didn't look like the daughters or granddaughters of newsroom executives, as opposed to Black news anchors and hosts like Joy Reid, Al Sharpton, Roland Martin, Lester Holt, Isha Sesay, Hoda Kotb, Tamron Hall, and last and least, Don Lemon, to name a few hosts of color.

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