Find Our Missing on TV One

Find Our Missing hosted by S. Epatha Merkersen (of Law and Order Fame: Is designed to "draw attention" to missing black Americans whose disappearances have mostly gone unnoticed by the national media.  I’ve been watching a similar show on the ID Channel (for last three years) and they may showcase 10 or so episodes each season and maybe one out of the ten missing showcased will be African American.

This may be overstating the obvious, but if you are black and if you go missing, your chances of becoming the main focus of a relentless, obsessive, exhaustive discussion by Nancy Grace on CNN is slim to none (or ZERO). This certainly isn't to suggest that all missing white people will get that treatment, but the odds are better than zero and much better if the subject is blond and female.  TV One, to its credit, isn't pointing fingers or griping, and, in fact, notes in their piece when both local media and police coverage was quick and responsive. Pictures on milk carton just aren’t enough anymore to get the missing’s message across but a well produced series like this just might.  So I’m so proud of TV One for being daring enough to put on this show because this is the first time in history that a show is solely dedicated to missing African Americans of all ages, sexual orientation and gender.

The series premiered back in January of 2012 but you can catch all the repeats on TV One on Wednesdays at 10 pm.  I urge everyone to check it out and support this ground breaking new show to return for a second season on TV One.  We need to let the media know that our missing people are just as important as other racial groups.

Below is a short clip from the show on Jaliek Rainwalker (a missing child) who's foster parents are suspected in his disappearance.