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Womanist Musings: Elizabeth Acevedo, Murdered and Devalued (8/27/08) by Renee
On an article low even by the New York Post's journalistic standards, tastefully headlined "One-Legged Hooker Slain"—for real:
Elizabeth Acevedo died on August 22. She was only 38 years old, far to young to die. Very little is known about her, but what the New York Post wants their readers to be aware of is that she had one leg, and that she was a prostitute. Throughout the brief article they only bother to refer to her by name twice. It seems that her profession did not entitle her to even the dignity of being assigned a victim status.
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