When Deaths Are Silenced: The Systematic Omission and Misrepresentation of Black women as Victims of Police Brutality in the US

Lærke Cecilie Anbert

When Deaths Are Silenced: The Systematic Omission and Misrepresentation of Black women as Victims of Police Brutality in the US

DPU - Danmarks institut for Pædagogik og Uddannelse - Afdeling for pædagogisk antropologi

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Formidling

Abstract

Black women killed by police in the United States are suspiciously absent in media reporting on the topic of police brutality. The representations of Black women as victims of police violence that do make it into mainstream media, describe the women in stereotypical and problematic tropes. These tropes in effect work to ‘other’ the women in question, and uphold a racial hierarchy.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Avis	FRIKTION
Vol/bind	10
Nummer	3
Status	Udgivet - 2016

Emneord

Repræsentation
køn
politivold

Adgang til dokumentet

http://Black women killed by police in the United States are suspiciously absent in media reporting on the topic of police brutality. The representations of Black women as victims of police violence that do make it into mainstream media, describe the women in stereotypical and problematic tropes. These tropes in effect work to ‘other’ the women in question, and uphold a racial hierarchy.

Citationsformater

Anbert, L. C. (2016). When Deaths Are Silenced: The Systematic Omission and Misrepresentation of Black women as Victims of Police Brutality in the US. FRIKTION, 10(3). http://Black women killed by police in the United States are suspiciously absent in media reporting on the topic of police brutality. The representations of Black women as victims of police violence that do make it into mainstream media, describe the women in stereotypical and problematic tropes. These tropes in effect work to ‘other’ the women in question, and uphold a racial hierarchy.

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