Yes, I am aware that there was a black woman who was also captured. As I recall, she was shot once or twice someplace very painful...like her ankles or knees or feet...I can't remember for sure though. But, you more or less made my point. The black woman in this situation, while I'm sure got some attention, got less that Jessica Lynch did. Same as the other male members of the unit. While America is not as racist as it used to be, I believe that Jessica's age and white-ness were a factor in receiving the attention that she did. Hell, they might not even be doing it on purpose, but there is definitely an inequality in people's perceptions of black and white people, true or not. They're socially ingrained. It's unfortunate, but that's how it is.

Her being raped...for one, I'm kind of amused that there's any surprise that she was. If you look at the way it's worded in some of the articles, the attitude is like, "Whoa! You were raped too? Oh my!" Honestly, I was surprised when I first heard the story that (as far as anyone knew at the time) she wasn't raped. I'm not gonna say women shouldn't be in the military, because I think they should. However, and yes this is contradictory, this is exactly why they shouldn't be.