With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action

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Hat tip, commenter Doug105, at Joe.My.God.

Doug105 • 3 hours ago

I'm shaking, reading about the discovery of Gabby Petito's body in Wyoming. While we're watching this case unfold, please take five seconds to read about Daniel Robinson, a geologist who went missing in the desert outside Buckeye three months ago. His father is still looking for him.

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With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action

September 22, 2021 12:31 PM ET

There has been national focus over the last few days on the unfolding story of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old white woman whose death was ruled a homicide on Tuesday, nearly a month after she was last seen on a cross-country road trip with her now-missing boyfriend.

Media coverage of the case is intense and, as some people have pointed out, disproportionate to the kind of attention typically given to missing Indigenous women and people of color.

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Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

The families of two Black men who have gone missing in recent weeks and months — Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson — are drawing attention to this disparity and pleading for the public's help in finding answers. Here are their stories.

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[Casady1]

1. Men will never get the attention

that women will get. There is a reason why" Women and children first" is part of our society.