Posted on 10/11/2023 7:54:58 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation making the state the first in the country to create an alert system for missing Black women and children.
The move has sparked outrage online, with critics calling the new “Ebony Alert” system “racist”.
The law was passed unanimously by both chambers of California’s legislature, the Washington Examiner reports. The goal of the bill is to address the “often ignored or lack of attention given to Black children and young Black women that are missing in California,” according to a statement. The law is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
Per the statement, which cites the Black and Missing Foundation, “38% of children reported missing in the U.S. are Black. The U.S. population is 14% Black. Black children are disproportionately classified as “runaways” in comparison to their white counterparts who are classified as “missing” and, therefore, many Black children do not receive the Amber Alert.”
The statement also notes, “A recent report on human trafficking incidents across the country also found that 40% of sex trafficking victims were identified as Black women.”
“California is taking bold and needed action to locate missing black children and black women in California,” Democratic state Sen. Steven Bradford, who led the legislation, said in a press release. “Our black children and young women are disproportionately represented on the lists of missing persons. This is heartbreaking and painful for so many families and a public crisis for our entire state.”
Bradford is defending the new law amid the online backlash … telling TMZ Live that law enforcement has consistently failed to issue alerts for missing Black youths. He also reminded the haters that missing Black kids don’t get nearly as much media coverage.
“SB 673 would authorize a law enforcement agency to request that an Ebony Alert be activated if that agency determines that it would be an effective tool in the investigation of a missing Black youth or young Black women between the ages of 12 – 25 years. SB 673 would encourage news organizations including television, cable, online, radio and social media outlets to cooperate with disseminating the information contained in an Ebony Alert,” per the statement.
Meanwhile, folks in California are outraged that there will be separate alert systems for missing children based on race.
It's truly amazing how the Left is increasingly embracing racial segregation, which they once considered a cardinal sin and which they crusaded against with vigor in the middle of the last century.
As it is for African-Americans age 12 to 25, and they make up a large portion of, use this ebony network to hunt them down.
The weird thing is that they seem to think that some people might respond better to an ‘Ebony’ alert than to an ‘Amber’ alert.
That seems to be suggesting that Black people are racist.
There is no longer any semblance of intelligence in the Left.
They don’t care about white children
Amber alerts are just parent custody disputes. No one pays attention to them anymore.
I don’t think leftist politicians care about anything but votes and power. They USE Black people, they don’t care about them.
In my area, they’re about missing kids, period.
I do not understand how it can be legal for the government to do this alert in a racial basis. I hope it gets challenged legally.
Ebony Alert for wanted BLACK criminals.
It’s just more stupid Democrat thinking.
They look more stupid every day - if that’s possible.
This sounds like he is fomenting racial division.
Most black people are racist.
Some are. Just like many Whites are - more than I would have imagined, before joining this site.
Will de Ebony Alerts be issued in Ebonics?
Canada is missing a retarded child who pretends to be a Prime Minister and often masquerades as black.
If seen please notify the first Canadian trucker you see. They will know what to do.
Best think again.
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