01776
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Last week, just as the school day was beginning, a fifteen year old student killed his sixteen year old classmate in the hallway near the bathroom at Lincoln-Sudbury High School. The town is in shock and the surrounding area is more shocked . Everyone wonders how a brutal stabbing takes place in Sudbury, an upper middle class town. This is not supposed to happen in this zip code!!
Inner city school slayings of other American children make the headlines everyday but not in Sudbury's front yard. If a child is not blonde, blue- eyed or white, in general, is lost or hurt it is rarely more than a one day story. Molly Bish, a fifteen year old life guard, abducted and murdered five years ago has been kept alive in the press. She was a very beautiful blond girl. The media has made the decision to cover blond abductees and murder victims and even, female criminal defendants, mostly.
Last night the parents of the Lincoln-Sudbury High gathered to discuss the details of the murder and the background of the alleged student perpetrator who is a special needs student from Princeton, Massachusetts --- 01541. They comforted each other and asked the school's officials if the student from outside the district should really be enrolled in the Sudbury (01776) high school.
Misery respects no boundaries. Crimes follow no zip code maps but tones and caring in media coverage of incidents in upper income communities is impressive. Its almost as if the media 's attitude and the society's attitude is if you don't live in certain places the losses of your children and loved ones is not important.
I stand in sympathy and solidarity for ALL the parents who been hurt this past week in Sudbury.
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