allonsyforever:

destinyrush:

tumblethroughmythoughts:

nevaehtyler:

This breaks my heart.

Yoo please don’t forget these girls 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

😔

For those asking for sources: http://www.essence.com/news/missing-dc-girls-black-latinx-teens

Also: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/black-lawmakers-call-fbi-missing-black-girls-46334908

“The District of Columbia logged 501 cases of missing juveniles, many of them black or Latino, in the first three months of this year, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, the city’s police force. Twenty-two were unsolved as of March 22, police said.”

Although the ABC article notes that the total number of missing child cases in DC decreased overall last year, the current rate seems alarming. And these cases expose two bigger problems: one, that missing black and Latinx teens seem to get less media attention than missing white teens, and two, that human trafficking is a problem in DC and this could be linked to it.

*TW* Article about human trafficking in DC: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sex-slavery-isnt-just-a-problem-overseas/2016/01/15/bc3acb04-badd-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html?utm_term=.bffd9ade4f46