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Lawyer Says Gospel Singer Kelly Price Is Safe, Yet What About The Other Women and Girls Who Go Missing?
Tens of thousands of Black women and girls seemingly vanish with little to no media coverage, no answers, and no closure for their families.
News broke yesterday afternoon about R&B singer Kelly Price being reported missing. Shortly after, the singer’s attorney made a statement assuring her fans that Price was safe and sound. But like many others, I’m still giving this situation a severe side-eye. This shocking and equally confusing turn of events comes just a few days after a recent debate over the validity of missing White woman syndrome — a term Gwen Ifill coined to describe American mainstream media’s fascination with covering the disappearance of White women. But when it comes down to media bias in coverage on missing person cases, the proof is in the pudding. Research overwhelming suggests that mainstream media outlets cover the disappearance of White women far more than they do Black or other women of color.
Because Black women and girls live at the intersection of two marginalized groups, they are more likely to go unseen than any other racial or gender group. When issues of race are discussed, they are typically done so through the lens of Black…
