Gavin Newsom is sounding his own alarm through the “Ebony Alert,” a new system designed to help bring more missing Black women and children home. In a better world, we probably wouldn’t need a race-specific missing person alert, but here we are — and at least some states are trying to do better. This allows more people to be responsible for protecting California’s missing Black women and children — not just in theory, but in practice. Meanwhile, most Americans likely cannot name a missing Black woman or child who has received national attention and support. The Ebony Alert, as Bradford describes it, should increase public knowledge of efforts to locate missing Black women and children, and combat a persistent lack of awareness around their cases.

Source: Huffington Post October 21, 2023 16:21 UTC