Missing
14 black girls have gone missing in D.C. within the past 24 hours with very little media coverage, leaving most of the world in the dark.
But then, the hashtag #MissingDCGirls was born. The passionate voices of Black Twitter came together to ask two questions: Why the hell are all these black and brown girls missing? And how come no one is doing anything about it?
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, approximately 462 out of 708 people missing in the D.C. area were juveniles. Thankfully, most of them were located and returned home, leaving about 95 percent of reported cases closed.
But what about the other 5 percent?
Well, that other 5 percent is still missing. There are 37 juveniles that have been reported missing since January that have not been found, according to the Huffington Post.
And every single one of those juveniles is either black or Latinx. Are you seeing the problem here?
“How often do you see an Amber alert for a missing black or brown kid?” said Derrica Wilson, the co-founder of The Black and Missing Foundation. “They like to classify our kids as runaways [and] runaways do not get the Amber Alert.”
Is it not time for outrage? Think if as a white person thise or these where our own kids,I promise there would be outrage to this and FBI be called in. Hello DC there is an issue but hello America you have a major problem and too often keep sweeping it under the rug
