AIBU? Why has this death got so little attention

You poor soul, Anu. What a dreadful tragedy. RIP 🌺

I live in NI and never heard about this until I happened upon this thread! How appalling.

Crucially, Mrs Okusanya was the victim, not the perpetrator. Black victims of crime are less likely to get media attention than white ones, largely due to unconscious bias rather than conscious exclusion/prejudice. Still unacceptable, clearly.

Black people also feature in news stories for all sorts of reasons - like Ms Gyamfi participating in the Miss/Mrs Africa UK/IE Pageant, as covered by BBC London; as one of the wheelchair users included in a story on the lack of accessibility on the railway; as politicians…

Colour should matter to posters in that anyone who is white should be aware of & alert to the fact that this brings privilege. You may be [multiply] disadvantaged in other ways, but being white lets you move through the world in a way that black people are simply not free to. The BLACHIR Report should matter to you. That black women have a 3.7 times higher rate of mortality maternal mortality should matter to you.

Not really! The new chief scout is a black man, dragged himself up from a sink estate to conquer the North pole... all over the news today. Very positive story.

This poor lady sounds to me like one of the countless victims (none of whom make the news) that are terrorised by feral gangs up and down the country and occasionally a death or injury results. This lady has made the news, countless others don't. There was another lady that made the news last week (pregnant and lost her baby) thanks to some feral gang. She was white though (not that colour matters to me like it does to some).

I knew she would be black just reading your title.

Black people only make the news when they are the perpetrator.

@poppymango · Today 09:28

Oh god that's heartbreaking. I hadn't heard a thing about it. Another woman murdered and yet another case of extreme violence from kids - how is this not headline news?? Poor Anu.

This is probably about her being a PoC, not a woman. I just feel that it's more likely to be about racism

There is a good reason to debate and to agree firm action to stop or at least tackle feral teens and the criminal element.

I recall the tabloids featuring battered and bruised pensioners in a campaign in the 1990s - did it change anything? I suspect not. Sold a lot of papers.

It's clear that there are victims of all ethnicities. I was surprised that racism was not mentioned in the gentleman in Leicester's murder. But we don't know the ethnicities of the accused. ..

Poor woman, rip Any. I didn't hear of this ❤️

I only saw this yesterday on the Armagh I website.
The whole thing just awful. That poor woman. And if it ever comes to court it won't be murder because she died due to an asthma attack. Apparently she saw the kids attacking someone else, knew they'd seen her and would move on to her next and so ran to her neighbours. Then didn't recover from the resultant asthma attack.

The area seems to have a lot of problems with anti-social behaviour towards those who don't 'fit' within the main religious and ethnic demographic.

The murder of Bhim Kholi is not entirely comparable, he had lived in that community for over 40 years so has plenty of people to care and talk about him. News consumers like reading vox pops from vague acquaintances who knew a victim from dogwalking, or being a good, known person in the community. Newly immigrated workers don't have that network to speak for them. I've lived here over 15 years and I think I've only started building that sort of network in the last 3 years.

Having a known teenage suspect will help, but is only part of the massive disparity in reporting.

Absolutely shocking.

I’m in England and not heard about this either. Just awful.

I read that and also this
https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2024/09/03/pregnant-woman-suffers-miscarriage-attacked-schoolboys-21542450/amp/
We are having massive problems with teenagers. An old couple in their 70's had them surround their car trying to get in. Luckily it's by a Weatherspoons and the fellas aren't shy, so they've actually sorted out the problems in one area, but the teens have moved.
I'm startto think that violence against women and girls is being massively under-reported. What has drawn my attention is how none violent women seem to be getting prison sentences, while very violent young men aren't. It shows the little regard the Tory government did actually have for women, despite the numerous threads congratulationing them on knowing what was was.

Thank you for drawing attention to this. I'm in England and had not heard about this murder.
RIP lovely Anu- I hope the scum who did this are brought to justice.

That’s tragic. First I’ve heard of it, sadly.

YANBU - I read about in the BelTel who covered Long’s reaction separately (both on the 4th). Then yesterday they’d a subscriber-only interview with Mrs Okusanya’s brother; & today her death’s been included in a subscriber-only piece on the new hate crime legislation being brought before the assembly. So yes, they’re monetising content now people are reading about her/have heard the story & want more information. Which they often do, but 🤦‍♀️

What makes it to the mainland about NI is weird, frankly - the appeal that the 20% VAT on fees shouldn’t be applied because NI schools are different & special was front page on BBC news this morning, albeit at the bottom 🤨

I read about it before, it was terrible. Poor young woman. I feel for her family.

Thank you for speaking up for Anu. She cared so much for others.
Finding those who did this and sentencing them, still does not bring her back to those who loved her.