#Are black people the missing link tv#

‘There has not been the drive to find Jelani’ “We relate to him (David Robinson) as a father and we are trying to give him closure one way or the other.” “Daniel is a member of our community and we are committed to finding him,” Sanders said. As of Wednesday, no foul play is suspected in Daniel Robinson’s disappearance, Sanders said, but the investigation is ongoing. Sanders said the department has followed up on every lead, interviewed co-workers, friends and relatives, and reviewed all evidence. The vehicle had suffered crash damage and a pile of his clothing and belongings was discovered nearby.īuckeye police assistant chief Bob Sanders told CNN that his officers have “covered all of our bases” in the search for Daniel Robinson. “When we see a White person who has gone missing, we say that could be my daughter, neighbor or cousin or friend… and they identify with that person and are more likely to read the story than we would if it were a person of color.”ĭaniel Robinson and his father, David Robinson Family Photoĭaniel’s car was discovered by a rancher on July 19 about three miles away from the work site where he was last seen, Robinson said. “As a culture we are readily willing to accept stories about White folks as victims as something we should care about,” he said.

#Are black people the missing link tv#

Zach Sommers, a criminologist and author of the Northwestern study, told CNN that bias and systemic racism play a role in Missing White Women Syndrome – a term he said was coined by the late TV news anchor Gwen Ifill. The study points out that missing Black people are less likely to garner media attention at the outset than other groups and when they do make the news and they receive a lower intensity of coverage. Some experts say the nation faces “Missing White Women Syndrome,” which is defined by the heavier media attention White women and girls receive when they go missing compared to anyone outside of those demographics, according to a study published by the Northwestern University School of Law in 2016. The issue has for years prompted people of color to take matters into their own hands, holding rallies, launching independent probes and seeking help from community advocates and lawmakers to get their cases in the public eye. Some say they have grown frustrated with watching the search for missing White women like Petito be in the spotlight, while police appear to allow their cases to go cold or classify their loved one as a “runaway.” Robinson is among the Black and brown families whose loved ones remain missing and say they have struggled to get fair attention on their cases. “You wish you lived in a world where everything was equal but it’s really not equal,” Robinson told CNN. Still, Robinson said it’s “hurtful” to see a young White woman’s case met with more urgency and national attention than his son, who is Black.