California booted Black and Native American people from the Amber Alert system, and established separate alert systems for them. Who thought that was a good idea?? Also..."Feather Alert"?? Seriously???
Wilfred Reilly
 @wil_da_beast630
Feb 17
I legit thought this was a joke. There are separate "Amber Alerts" by race now, in at least CA. Natives get a "Feather Alert," and both groups seem to have been largely or wholly removed from the regular AA system. We've (gone) a long way (back), baby!

Feb 17, 2024 · 6:32 AM UTC

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The respective groups wanted this because nobody was paying attention to black's and Native's Amber Alerts.
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And how does this change things??
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Hope that Desi Americans get a "dot alert" just to complete the trifecta
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oh gawd
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EXACTLY... It's like, I don't know them.
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So ridiculous, heading straight back to “separate but equal” 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Separate but equal.... *smh*
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It's the weirdest thing I've ever heard. A premise that the masses don't care as much about blacks & natives as whites, Asians and Hispanics to start with. Therefore we will identify the missing as specifically black or native to heighten the likelihood of alerts being ignored?
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I’m sure only a handful of people thought it was a good idea, but who was going to tell them no?
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