Despite necessary correctives like the SayHerName campaign, gendered violence is often treated as exceptional rather than as an organizing feature of maintaining U.S. racial hierarchy.
explanations of why the uprisings happened: the killing of 15-year old Latasha Harlin by Soon Ja Du, a convenience store owner, and police violence against Rodney King.was explained by appealing to notions of Black criminality, blaming them for the violence they experienced. In Latasha’s case, the Korean American woman was presented as the victim who was defending her property.
A protest in Philadelphia on Sep. 23, 2020 after no officer was charged with killing the 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. (
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