Demanding Apology, Demanding Forgiveness: American Expectations of Atonement in Anti-Black Violence.
American media is very quick to ask victims of anti-Black violence if they forgive their victimizers. The media's nearly reflexive framing is a symptom of the broader, cultural demand that Black victims grant forgiveness for racist violence. Reading Juliet Hooker and Myisha Cherry, this paper links...
| Published in: | Social Philosophy Today Vol. 39; pp. 165 - 183 |
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2023
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