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Have You Seen Them? Missing People of Color Continue to Receive Less Priority Than Their White Counterparts

The NNPA, which represents the hundreds of newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America, asks for the help of all to locate these lost children.

NNPA NEWSWIRE – Specifically, 156,000 African American children under 18 are missing and unaccounted. Most are forgotten, even by law enforcement officials charged with solving the mostly cold cases. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) continues its series on the plight of missing African American girls and boys who have disappeared. Throughout the series, which began in 2019, a common theme emerged: Black children who go missing receive far less media coverage and police priority than White children.

The post Have You Seen Them? Missing People of Color Continue to Receive Less Priority Than Their White Counterparts first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

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