Why Don’t We Hear About All Of The Missing Black And Latino Girls In The United States?

In 2022, 268,884 women were reported missing, and nearly 100,000 were Black women and girls. Black women account for less than 15% of the U.S. population, but more than one-third of all missing women. So why don’t we know their names?

Vanished without a trace, but does anyone care? Nationally, Black and Latina’s girls make up a disproportionate number of missing children’s cases. There are some reports that want you to believe that this is a misleading statement but don’t be fooled by them. When children of color go missing, authorities often assume they are runaways rather than victims of abduction and they want you to believe it as well. They WANT you to believe it so you can keep on turning a blind eye to the reality that this is real and has been real for YEARS.

Why isn’t anybody making a bigger deal about this? Is it because they are women of color or something more? Missing white women have induced national searches, and Amber Alerts and that is great and what you want but when it comes to women of color, national searches, Amber Alerts, and people are silent. I think most are silent because they don’t know but the lack of news coverage is staggering, with nearly 40 percent of missing persons being persons of color, yet, minorities make up 13 percent of the population.

www.blackandmissing.org

Lack of data leads to the erasure of missing women of color. Though the numbers of missing Black and Latina women and children are high, they don’t tell the whole story, experts say. As with hate crimes and harassment, vulnerable communities may not come forward to report missing cases out of misunderstanding and fear. A common misconception is that people need to wait a specific amount of time before reporting a missing person. But this is not the case.

There could be numerous explanations for their disappearances, whether it be human trafficking, rape, murder, or running away but the point is that they are MISSING nonetheless.

What Say You, Corner Family? Do you think there is a discrepancy in the reporting of missing minorities in the news? What can be done to shed more light on this epidemic?

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Hotline: 1-800-The-Lost

If you believe you are the victim of a trafficking situation or may have information about a potential trafficking situation, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) at 1-888-373-7888.

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