The Internet as a Tool for Black Feminist Activism

Lessons From an Online Antirape Protest

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12809713
AutoresLaura Rapp (University of Delaware, autor correspondente), Deeanna M Button (University of Delaware), Benjamin Fleury‐steiner (0009-0006-6448-8684, University of Delaware), Ruth E Fleury‐steiner (0000-0003-4493-5951, University of Delaware)
Ano2010
Volume5
Fascículo3
Páginas244-262
Data de publicação2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoFeminist Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1557-0851 • E-ISSN: 1557-086X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1557085110371634
OpenAlexW2062067689
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas24

This article explores how the Internet is a tool for Black women to challenge violence against women of color. It highlights online protest in response to the actions of civil rights organizations’ narrow focus on the treatment of Black male offenders while overlooking the civil rights of Black female victims. Specifically, the article examines a protest focusing on the reactions of racial justice leaders to a brutal gang rape in a Palm Beach housing project known as Dunbar Village. Drawing from the literature on collective action frames, this article illustrates how the Dunbar Village protest evolved from an online dialogue to social protest

Action (physics · Civil rights · Civil society · Collective action · Criminology · Media studies · Political science · Social justice · Social movement · Sociology · The Internet · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Social Media and Politics