While I don't think Americans would on a conscious level weigh a white Westerners life as more important than a brown Middle Easterners, the media has made some serious subconscious decisions for us. The majority of news pages appear as the CNN does, asking how, why, and the amount of terrible violence inflicted by 'crazy Asian loner guy'. Considering the level of violence that continues to rage in the Middle East, claiming civilian lives everyday in Iraq, we need to remember this as well.

Though 170 also died in Baghdad in bombings, the headline story is about Cho as a stalker.

"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic," spoken by Joseph Stalin is an apt statement for the 1940's; it's modern day equivalent may be "One Western death is a tragedy; a million Third World deaths is a statistic". (read less)

While I don't think Americans would on a conscious level weigh a white Westerners life as more important than a brown Middle Easterners, the media has made some serious subconscious decisions for us. The majority of news pages appear as the CNN does, asking how, why, and the amount of terrible violence inflicted by 'crazy Asian loner guy'. Considering the level of violence that continues to rage in the Middle East, claiming civilian lives everyday in Iraq, we need to remember this as well.... (read more)