White People and Black Lives Matter

Ignorance, Empathy, and Justice
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-22491-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 141 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 207 g

This book interrogates white responses to black-led movements for racial justice. It is a philosophical self-reflection on the ways in which ‘white’ reactions to Black Lives Matter stand in the way of the movement’s important work. It probes reactions which often prevent white people from according to black activists the full range of human emotion and expression, including joy, anger, mourning, and political action. Johanna C. Luttrell encourages different conceptions of empathy and impartiality specific to social movements for racial justice, and addresses objections to identity politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luttrell, Johanna C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Getting My People.- 2. Empathy and Racial Justice: Redefining Impartiality in Response to Social Movements.- 3. How White People Refuse to Understand Black Mourning.- 4. Respecting Black Lives Matter as Political Action.- 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Johanna C. Luttrell is Instructional Assistant Professor in the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston, USA.