#blackgirlsmissing

[real-shit-writing]

Find Our Girls: black girl oppression

“I like your face today,” says no one ever because they can not see that you hide your oppression so well. “Wow, you have such a big mouth,” says no one ever because they are too busy thinking it, not realizing that you are silenced due to said oppression. “There are BLACK girls missing?” Says no one ever because that same “face” and those silenced lips will not be missed because they were too quiet.

[hellas-himself]

#Repost @naziejoon ・・・ #BlackGirlsMissing: Nationwide more than 64,000 Black womxn, girls & gender non confirming folxs have gone missing since 2014. 10 Black & Latinx girls have gone missing in Washington DC in the last month alone. They could have run away, be subjected to violence, abducted, trafficked, forced into sexual slavery or murdered but have heard absolutely nothing about them in the media. No amber alerts, searches, missing posters, press conferences, pleas for help to find them, nothing, which would significantly increase the odds of finding them. Yet every other month there's a special for Natalie Holloway & Jon Benet Ramsey, cuz white womxn & girls are sympathetic while Black & brown bodies arent worthy of any & are simply ignored. Another tragic reminder that if you not a blonde white girl or womxn your life doesn't matter one fucking bit.

[therebelwrites]

Nationwide — Over the years, a disturbingly disproportionate number of Black women and girls across the United States have gone missing. What’s even more alarming is that the media coverage and legislation that missing Black girls are getting seems to be lacking compared to missing white girls.

A 2010 study about the media coverage of missing children in the United States discovered that only 20 percent of reported stories focused on missing Black children despite it corresponding to 33 percent of the overall missing children cases. Conclusively, the report said that missing Black youth — especially Black girls — are underreported in the news and it seems that many people don’t even care.

According to reports, when Black girls go missing, it’s often unclear whether they have run away from home, were inflicted violence, abducted, sent into the sex industry, among others. Basically, their safety and assurance to be brought back home was commonly ignored and not an utmost concern.

As of 2014, about 64,000 Black women and girls were missing across the U.S. However, most of those do not receive enough media attention and public support to be found.

In efforts to address the problem of missing Black children nationwide,  Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Robin Kelly, and Yvette D. Clarke initiated the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls in 2016. Through the caucus, they hope to create public policies that “eliminate significant barriers and disparities experienced by black women.”

Members of the caucus believe that more federal assistance and collaboration is needed to further eliminate the problem.

“I feel like knocking on every attic, every garage to see where those girls are,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said. “Let’s be an example to the world that we can’t rest until these girls are found.”

Meanwhile, the Black community and organizations utilize social media networks to bring back missing Black girls. Using the hashtag #BlackGirlsMissing, many young women have returned home safely despite the usually limited support from police and minimal reporting from media.

Black and Missing But Not Forgotten is a great non-profit organization focused on spotlighting and finding missing African Americans. For more details, visit www.blackandmissing.org

[thecelestinecollection]

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[thecelestinecollection]

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[luckychurch]

#Repost @blmgreaterny FIND OUR GIRLS March in #NYC on April 9th ❤️🖤💚 #BLMNY #FindOurGirls #BlackGirlsMissing #MissingBlackGirls #HandsOffOurSisters @hawk.newsome @nickcannon Link in Bio of #BLMGreaterNY page (at New York, New York)

[soulcooljay]

1 missing black woman is a catastrophe, 64,000 missing is an epidemic and world-wide plague... #blackgirlsmissing #bringbackourgirls

[sherlockedpotterhead9012]

Carry on the mission of the Women's March and advocate for #blackgirlsmissing by sharing their photos online AND calling the US Department of Justice to aid in these investigations. This is NOT a bi-partisan issue. This is about showing love and solidarity with our sisters around the nation.