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10. Your article actually goes into why Louisiana has so few amber alerts. Its a good article ...

Reply to AmyStrange (Reply #8)

Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:17 PM

Nov 2020

... I'd suggest you might want to reread it.

I agree that it seems a reasonable assumption that black children might not be amber alerted as much as white kids for some combination of reasons. Two of them might be:

1. Race
2. The fact that there are 6 - 7 times as many white kids as black.

The article doesn't address proving the assertion implicit in the title.

This article discusses the reasons but doesn't offer any statistics:

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/problem-with-racism-past-present

Somewhere I am sure there is a study where statistics show that reported Amber Alerts are issued in unbalanced manner. I couldn't find it, but it must exist.

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2 missing boys. 2 different outcomes. And questions about Amber Alerts [View all] AmyStrange Nov 2020 OP

Jebus. Louisiana has only issue 9 alerts since 2000. Dumbfounding. marble falls Nov 2020 #1

In this case, one boy was white, the other black... AmyStrange Nov 2020 #2

Got all that when I read the article. But apparently Louisiana isn't issuing alerts for anyone. marble falls Nov 2020 #3

Why'd the white boy get one then? AmyStrange Nov 2020 #4

Maybe because the white boy was in Tennessee where they issue a lot more amber alerts. marble falls Nov 2020 #6

Maybe it's also because he was white... AmyStrange Nov 2020 #8

Your article actually goes into why Louisiana has so few amber alerts. Its a good article ... marble falls Nov 2020 #10

I thought the same thing. shrike3 Nov 2020 #5

See post #6. The article may deserve a re re-reading at the link? marble falls Nov 2020 #7

Who gets more publicity, a white person going missing or a black person? AmyStrange Nov 2020 #9

I do, too. But the article doesn't address that. marble falls Nov 2020 #11