State Racism, State Violence, and Vulnerable Solidarity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20025769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myisha Cherry (0000-0003-4608-0416, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Naomi Zack (0000-0002-2073-1404) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190236953.013.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2588600354 |
| ISBN | 9780190236953 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
What makes #BlackLivesMatter unique is the implication that it isn’t only some black lives that matter, that is, not only the mostly commonly referenced male lives. Rather, the hashtag suggests that all black lives matter, including queer, trans, disabled, and female. This movement includes all those black lives who have been marginalized within the black liberation tradition, as well as in greater society. The movement highlights the ways in which black people have been traditionally deprived of dignity and human rights. State racism and state violence are sustained together. The law creates a “subrace” out of those whom white society fears and holds in contempt. This leaves not only black Americans, but all citizens vulnerable. A way to fight this form of racism is not only to create a solidarity among the oppressed members of the subrace but to create a solidarity with all members, in “vulnerable solidarity.”
Contempt · Criminology · Dignity · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science) · White (mutation) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |