The FBI reports that 197,381 white kids went missing, suggesting that missing white youth outnumber lost young Blacks by more than 71,600. But a closer look at the statistics revealed a crucial piece of information, that advocates deem misleading.
A fact advocates often point to when explaining the disparity in attention provided to individuals of color.
In addition, the agency said 197,381 white kids went missing, suggesting that missing white youth outnumber lost young Blacks by more than 71,600. Further, “immigrants don’t always report their missing because of fear of deportation,” Wilson concluded. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children , 298,000 girls went missing in 2019 in the United States. The center noted that 205,802 of those missing are Black.“Part of the problem in the missing, endangered, and the exploited area is the difference in collecting and delivering data.”
“AAJJP is constrained to ask whether the combination of white with Hispanic children is to deflect from reporting raw data proving more Black children are missing than any other race,” Jefferson continued.The FBI report notes about 9,000 missing Native American or Indian children.
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