Outrage Over California’s New ‘Ebony Alert’ For Missing Black Children and Women

The Golden State is rolling out a brand new system to report and discover lacking Black kids and girls … it is fully separate from an Amber Alert and it is already inflicting backlash.

Folks in California are outraged over the brand new statewide alert system — dubbed the “Ebony Alert” and backed by State Senator Steven Bradford — reacting to the first-of-its-kind regulation as one other type of segregation.

Governor Gavin Newsom not too long ago signed a invoice into regulation creating the “Ebony Alert,” which works into impact Jan. 1 and can be used for Black individuals between the ages of 12 and 25 who’re lacking, plus younger Black girls who’re reported lacking.

The “Ebony Alert” is just like the Amber Alert … because it requires native regulation enforcement to inform the California Highway Patrol in the event that they need assistance discovering misplaced kids … with lawmakers saying it additionally encourages media to report on lacking Black individuals.

Problem is … the response on the web is there ought to NOT be separate alert methods for lacking kids based mostly on race, with some saying of us claiming the change is “a way for authorities to decide how fast they want to respond” and others saying some teams will straight-up ignore “Ebony Alerts” altogether.

California lawmakers are being ripped for not considering this by way of, and there are individuals questioning if there are going to be different alerts for various races too … with one consumer proposing “the ‘Juan Alert’ for the Hispanic people that go missing.”