And I Don't Get This

Can someone please explain to me why we are so transparent in our racism and no one seems to think a thing of it? Or maybe that's not it. Maybe it's something else that makes these stories of individual white people's tragedy newsworthy while thousand upon thousand of those stories exist for people of color impacted by the Tsunami. Same deal as Steak Knife's blog about the blond kid. It's killin' me. Are we the only two that see it? It's just so DARN obvious. Or maybe we're both wrong. Maybe it's some phenomenon all together different. Are we nuts?