Who's Life Has More Value?

I'd like to look closely at two situations that have happened in Canada. One features a white RCMP officer who died in the line of duty in Ontario. The other situation features several aboriginal women missing from the down east area in Vancouver. Robert Picton has murdered 61 women in this area but was only sentenced for murdering 27 women.

The families of these people have tried to protest the police and get media coverage is making society aware of this seriously problem but no one seems to want to help. One white officer dies in the line of duty, and thousands of people are at his funeral. Isn't there something wrong with this picture? Is the officers life more valuable then the many women that have went missing in this area? There was so much more attention on his death then the extreme number of women missing. Not to say his death is not important but women go missing everyday from this area. The people in this community have put together a march that happens every year in memory of the missing women.

 

So what is the reason for the police and media to support the officers death over thousands of women that have went missing? I feel white privilege plays a huge part. Majority of the women missing are aboriginal and in a low social economic class. I feel the police have just given up on looking for the women and the offenders because they are from a low income area and they are minorities. The people in this community have tried to raise awareness on this issue but still not much has happen to help solve this problem. One white man in a position of power dies and it seems to be more important to everyone then these women that are missing. Some may argue that the women asked for it because a lot of them are street workers and homeless. I feel a street workers life is equally valued to a police officers life. They both are putting their lives at risk everyday for their jobs and providing for their families. I wonder how things would be if it was white women missing from a middle income area?