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HBO s new "Black and Missing" docuseries revisits cold cases of missing Black people while analyzing the media s tragic tendency to overlook them. ....
That we need a system that values these young women so that we can be better at getting in and helping save them. everybody cares about their lives. the name of the hbo docu-series is black and missing. its producer is right there before you, soledad o brien. thank you so much for bringing this to our attention and for coming back to the sunday show. my pleasure. thanks for having me. the docu-series black and missing premieres tuesday on hbo at 8:00 p.m. also, we would like to recognize that yesterday, november 20th, was transgender day of remembrance, honoring those whose lives have been lost to violence, at least 46 in the united states, as president biden said in a statement yesterday, quote, each of these lives was precious. each of them deserved freedom, joy and justice. coming up, actor and activist wilson cruz is here to tell me the way he sees it. ....
Lives. these three things are just they re painful to read, and yet as members of the media, you and i both know that all three of those play a toxic mix in why we rarely hear about missing black and brown women and girls. i ll add to that list this concept that black women are more black girls are more mature, or seem to be, considered to be more mature than their actual chronological age. somehow a black girl who is 13, she s experienced and wise beyond her years. it has been interesting to me to hear people say, well, you know, she s a runaway. right, but also, 15. so still missing and someone should be looking for this literal child who most probably needs some kind of help. and it is not just the media that doesn t take a missing black child into consideration, ....