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by tzs 85 days ago
What do you find bizarre about them?

36% of missing person cases in the US are black women and children, even though only 13% of the population is black, but those cases get much less media attention and are treated less urgently than missing white people.

Creating a separate alert for those cases is meant to bring more attention to them.

There is a similar issue with Native Americans, who go missing at an even more disproportional rate than black women and children, and receive much less attention and resources than white cases.