64K Black Women And Children Are Missing In the USA, Where’s the Outcry? | Naturally Moi
64K Black Women And Children Are Missing In the USA, Where’s the Outcry? | Naturally Moi:
As the world pays attention to the estimated 300 missing Nigerian school girls who were abducted by an extreme Islamic group, they forget that right here in the United States, there are over 64,000 African American women and children who remain missing.
Over the years, studies have repeatedly shown that missing minorities don’t garner the same media attention as their white counterparts. Critics allege that mainstream media shows preference to white women and children who are reported missing. A 2010 report shows that out of the 692,944 persons missing, over 273,985 of them are minorities, and out of that number, an astonishing 85 percent are African American.
There are many factors as to why the cases of these Black women go unnoticed. One determining factor is that missing African Americans are usually from a lower economic status. Another factor, according to MailOnline, is that there is a lack of diversity in newsrooms, so the “African American community is not properly reflected” when it comes to reporting the news.
