Ebony Alert

[Nobody]

Who asked for this?

California creates Ebony Alert for missing Black women, children. Here's how it works.

The alert is intended for Black women and children who go missing in California and goes into effect Jan. 1.

www.usatoday.com

Missing Black people in California will have a specialized alert notification after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill creating the "Ebony Alert."

The new alert, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, is aimed to help bring missing Black children and women home in California. Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, wrote the bill and praised Newsom's support. Bradford said the state's missing Black children and Black women are disproportionately represented in missing persons lists and is a crisis for the state.

 

[Inori]

I mean couldnt they just represent black women and children better within the current system? Whatever tho..

If it helps find missing black women and children then I have no problem with this.

 

[Disanthrope]

"The person is between 12 and 25 years old."

Theres always a catch.... What about the babies?

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I actually don't think this is a good idea. If people ignore normal Amber and Missing Persons alerts whenever they involve black people, what do you think they will do when you segment black people to an isolated alert. There's the chance that this could actually do more harm than good.

 

[Nobody]

What's next, a Diego Alert for Mexican kids

 

[DOS_patos]

We as a site need to do the same.
Look out for our own.

But …..niggas

 

[Inori]

What's next, a Diego Alert for Mexican kids

This isn't California's first alert to address racial disparities in missing people of color. Newsom signed the Feather Alert bill last year that Assembly member James C. Ramos, D-San Bernardino, a citizen of the Serrano/Cahuilla tribe, wrote to help locate endangered Indigenous people.

Amber Alerts are issued for just a tiny fraction of missing child cases in the United States, a USA TODAY investigation found. In 2021, there were 254 Amber Alerts compared with the more than 337,000 missing-child reports local police agencies logged with the FBI – less than one alert for every 1,000 children.

 

[SneakDZA]

Who asked for this?

California creates Ebony Alert for missing Black women, children. Here's how it works.

The alert is intended for Black women and children who go missing in California and goes into effect Jan. 1.

www.usatoday.com

In response to "who asked for this?" - I think a lot of us did.

Sure we shouldn't have to have special laws to protect us but this is Amerikkka. If you look at the statistics outlined in the article it doesn't make sense to argue against doing something to try to address the disparity.

 

[Marc123]

Ebony alert tho

 

[DOS_patos]

Ebony alert tho

What would you suggest?

A cool name isn’t as important as a black life that’s missing from loved ones.

 

[DOS_patos]

^^^^
See, niggas

 

[SneakDZA]

Ebony alert tho

I mean... "Code Brown" is already taken

 

[konceptjones]

Coulda just renamed the current one to "child abduction alert" so everyone is covered.

 

[Marc123]

Coulda just renamed the current one to "child abduction alert" so everyone is covered.

This

 

[Shenco]

 

[Disanthrope]

Coulda just renamed the current one to "child abduction alert" so everyone is covered.

The problem is everyone isn't covered under a general name, so we get an exclusive alert. The problem with that is it might make people (including black people) less likely to care/react

 

[Nobody]

Racists gonna be like

 

[Disanthrope]

Racists gonna be like

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You could replace "racists" with "certain abw posters"

 

[Inori]

Racists gonna be like

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And? They racists, we already know they wont give a fuck about black women and children

 

[SneakDZA]

Coulda just renamed the current one to "child abduction alert" so everyone is covered.

Everyone is supposed to already be covered. That's the problem.