BLACK WOMAN MISSING ( dedicated to Latasha Norman )
written in anger by George L. Cook III November 23, 2007 www.letstalkhonestly.com
I am a black woman missing
Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV?
What's wrong?
I'm not pretty, white and rich?
I guess that to you
I'm just some poor black .....
Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV.
Why don't I get air time?
Is it the fact that I don't have naturally straight hair?
Is is that America isn't interested?
Is it that America just doesn't care?
Why don't you talk about me?
Don't you care where I might be?
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV.
I may still be alive!
Someone may have seen me!
Maybe they would remember
If they saw my face on TV!
So ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News
Why don't you talk about me?!
Don't you care where I might be?!
Am I the wrong color to have my story on TV?!
I am a black woman missing!
Please talk about me!
Help America find me!
PUT MY STORY ON TV!
At the end of the year of 2006 there were 836,131 missing person records in the National Crime Information Center's Missing Person File. 30% of the missing was black. Unfortunately for the last several years, there has been inaccurate coverage for missing persons of a certain demographic.
Don't believe me? Find out for yourself. Go to Google.com and type in "Latoyia Figueroa" and then "Laci Peterson". Compare the number of results and ask yourself "Why did one recieve more attention than the other?" Maybe you say that race was not a factor. You're right - it might not be but who is to say that it isn't?
Both women were pregnant but one was black and the other was white. Latoyia went missing a couple years later after Laci, but why was she not covered as much considering her condition and considering what happened to Laci?
We may never know the answer in those two cases, but we do know this: Sometimes we have to be our own media and do the reporting ourselves. The media only covers what they feel is "relevant" but in reality every missing person is just as important as the next. Hence, the start of Black and Missing but Not Forgotten. This blog is dedicated to all the missing black women, children and men who do not get the exposure they deserve in the media. I created this myspace page as an extension to that.
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You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law. Gary n Elish would like to show some love n to thank u for all ur support peace love light n many blessings 2 u
The link below is a video about SirVictor Chillous who is like a nephew to me. He is mentally challeged due to a stroke suffered at birth and is child like in personality. He has been missing since June 16,2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZZ-wOqRaSg
hold on to your dream it sweetens all your nights brightens up your days because dream is a compass that shows only one aspired direction - success, success and more success
There is nothing more wonderous, than life as it's seen, through the eyes of a child ! :-) Wishing for you, a day filled with sunshine & laughter. XOXO !!
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else. have a blessed weekend my friend stay safe elish
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