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Young Black Men Are Missing in DC, Too, and They’re Not Coming Home as Quickly

Young black men in America are also in danger, however, even though black missing girls caught media’s attention, black missing boys and men  haven’t.  Thousands of Black men, women, and children are missing. That number could be as high as into the millions. Along with the 64,000 black women that are missing, their are 1.5 million missing black men.

And media mostly stays silent about this.

Even in our own community, there’s been an absence of widespread urgency about their cases.

In the approximately two weeks since the start of April, three black boys have been reported missing. Their photos have circulated in fewer spaces. Tweets and posts containing information about them have been shared noticeably less often. (x)

Fifteen-year-old Zyaire Flemmings, 14-year-old Navaras Johnson and 23-year-old Dionte Monk have all been missing since February, and 17-year-old Kejuan Sellman disappeared in October 2016. Seventeen-year-old Clayton Carter has been on the MPD’s list of critical missing persons the longest this year, last seen in the Southeast quadrant of the city on Jan. 11, 2017. As of Monday morning, 10 black boys and young men are missing from Washington, D.C., and one, 24-year-old Christian Muse, who disappeared five years ago, is missing from neighboring Prince George’s County.

And these are only few cases of missing black boys. 

If you can help your community-do it. Don’t just stay aside.