With A Spotlight On Gabby Petito, The Parents Of 2 Missing Black Men Call For Action

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There's been national focus over the last few days on the unfolding story of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old white woman whose death was ruled a homicide on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after she was last seen on a cross-country road trip with her now-missing boyfriend.

Media coverage of the case is intense and, as some people have pointed out, disproportionate to the kind of attention typically given to missing Indigenous women and people of color.

The families of two Black men who have gone missing in recent months — Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson — are drawing attention to this disparity, and pleading for the public's help in finding answers. Here are their stories.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/22/1039653626/jelani-day-daniel-robinson-missing-black-men-gabby-petito-case