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How Race Impacts the chances of being Found- The Black and Missing Foundation
The topic I decided to write on is Missing Persons in the African American community. I will contribute to the Missing Persons page by explaining how people are not willing to put in the same effort and funds when a black people are goes missing then when  when white people are missing. A person is considered missing if they cant be located and they didn't leave on their own will. The mission is of the Black and missing foundation is that they "believe that every missing person, regardless of age, race, mental ability or circumstance, deserves awareness" says Derrica Wilson and Natalie Wilson, two writes from the foundation. Missing African Americans don't get as much media attention as their white counterparts, so they are less likely to be found. The Missing Person article already has the definition of a missing person and the categories of the people that are missing

Human Rights
This is is relevant to human rights because we all have a responsibility to keep ourselves and our fellow man from harm. How would you know a person is missing if its not advertised. If we don't put enough resources to find these people then they wont be found. America is suppose to be a place where there is equal representation for all. And that is suppose to include all areas including the media, in the sight, in the mind. 65 percent of children missing are from a minority groups says the Black and missing Foundation.

Article Outline
==== Missing White Woman Syndrome: An Empirical Analysis of Race and Gender Disparities in Online News Coverage of Missing Persons ==== Zach Sommers, a writer part of the journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, uses Federal data to explain how a missing persons race determines how much media attention they obtain.

Sommers provides real cases where a media coverage played a big role whether a victim was found alive or not. In the Article he goes over race, media, gender backed up with data that missing whites gain more media attention.

Categories of missing children

 * Runaways (national / international): Minors who run away from home, from the institution where they have been placed, or from the people responsible for their care.
 * Abduction by a third person: Abduction of minors by anyone other than the parents or the persons with parental authority.
 * National or international parental abduction: Parental abductions are cases where a child is taken to or kept in a country or place other than that of his/her normal residence by one or more parents or persons with parental authority, against another parent's will or against the will of the person with parental authority.
 * Missing unaccompanied migrant minors: Disappearances of migrant children, nationals of a country in which there is no free movement of persons, under the age of 18 who have been separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult, who by law is responsible for doing so.
 * Lost, injured or otherwise missing children: Disappearances for no apparent reason of minors who got lost (e.g. young children at the seaside in summer) or hurt themselves and cannot be found immediately (e.g. accidents during sport activities, at youth camps, etc.), as well as children whose reason for disappearing has not yet been determined.

Outline of New Contribution
Main Points I will add to entry

1.There is a racial disparity on when a white person goes missing and when a black person goes missing.

2.Black people are underrepresented in the media when missing

3. Most missing persons cases in the news covers young Caucasian girls

4. Missing Children with more media coverage have a better chance at being found.

5 . The words used when woman of color were missing were less empathetic and detailed than  the  compassionate language used when a white woman goes missing

6.Black and Missing Foundation is a non profit organization founded in 2008

7.The black and missing foundation goal is to provide awareness of missing people of color

8.Black and Missing but not Forgotten is a non profit organization based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

9 Black and Missing but not Forgotten is a network that provides families a way to spread the news quickly that a loved one is missing.

10.The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of  race, color and national origin, discrimination based on race in the newsroom is illegal and unacceptable. Every human being deserves an equal chance at being found safe and sound. To find a missing person you must know they are gone and without big media the chances of a person being found safe decreases.

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Race and Missing Persons
There is often a racial disparity between a when a white person goes missing and when a black person goes missing. A person is considered missing by the police if they cannot be located and they did not leave of their own will. According to authors Seong-Jae Min & John C. Feaste, there has always been a history of the news favoring white individuals by providing them better news coverage than people of color. It is often that researchers find that African Americans are underrepresented in the media when missing Most missing persons cases in the news cover young Caucasian girls who as a result have a better chance of being found alive due to increased media attention. For example, in 2002, when a young Caucasian girl from Utah named Elizabeth Smart went missing, the media broadcast was worldwide. According to John C Feaste, after several months of searching, she was found alive. In comparison, when Alexis Patterson, a young black girl from Wisconsin went missing, she received no news coverage and is still missing to this day. In addition, when women of color go missing, the tone used by the newscasters is generally less empathetic and detailed than the compassionate language used when white women go missing.

There are several organizations that bring awareness and equality to missing people of color, such as the Black and Missing Foundation. This a non-profit organization founded in 2008. The Black and Missing Foundation's goal is to provide resources for families of missing people of color and educate minorities on personal safety,

Additionally, Deidra Robey helms a non profit organization called Black and Missing but not Forgotten. The organization is a network that provides families a way to spread the news quickly that a loved one is missing. To find a missing person you must know they are gone and without big media the chances of a person being found safe decreases drastically. The goal of these organization is to provide equal coverage for African Americans. Every human being deserves an equal chance at being found safe and sound and as a result these organizations are seeking to level the playing field.

Legal aspects
A common misconception is that a person must be absent for at least 24 hours before being legally classed as missing, but this is rarely the case. Law enforcement agencies often stress that the case should be reported as early as possible.

In most common law jurisdictions a missing person can be declared dead in absentia (or "legally dead") after seven years. This time frame may be reduced in certain cases, such as deaths in major battles or mass disasters such as the September 11 attacks.