Post by ck4829 on Sept 30, 2021 15:19:12 GMT
'Not For People Who Look Like Us': B-N NAACP On Justice And Racial Disparity
Leaders of the NAACP in Bloomington-Normal are offering their support to the family of Jelani Day, the ISU graduate student who went missing Aug. 24. Day was identified last week after his body that was recovered from the Illinois River on Sept. 4.
In the weeks following his disappearance, Day’s mother was critical of the investigation into her son’s case. Carmen Bolden Day drew comparisons between the handling of Day’s case and that of Gabby Petito, a white woman who went missing around the same time. Petito’s case drew national media attention and was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Petito’s body has since been recovered and her death is being investigated as a homicide.
No details surrounding the circumstances of Day’s death have been released.
Carla Campbell-Jackson, vice president of the Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP, said there’s a term that describes the disparity between the two cases: “missing white woman syndrome.”
www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-09-29/not-for-people-who-look-like-us-b-n-naacp-on-justice-and-racial-disparity
Leaders of the NAACP in Bloomington-Normal are offering their support to the family of Jelani Day, the ISU graduate student who went missing Aug. 24. Day was identified last week after his body that was recovered from the Illinois River on Sept. 4.
In the weeks following his disappearance, Day’s mother was critical of the investigation into her son’s case. Carmen Bolden Day drew comparisons between the handling of Day’s case and that of Gabby Petito, a white woman who went missing around the same time. Petito’s case drew national media attention and was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Petito’s body has since been recovered and her death is being investigated as a homicide.
No details surrounding the circumstances of Day’s death have been released.
Carla Campbell-Jackson, vice president of the Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP, said there’s a term that describes the disparity between the two cases: “missing white woman syndrome.”
www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-09-29/not-for-people-who-look-like-us-b-n-naacp-on-justice-and-racial-disparity