Antiracism and Black Self-Defense in the Face of (Juridical) Catastrophe.

Autor: Burgos, Adam, Saucier, Khalil
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Zdroj: Humanities (2076-0787); Apr2024, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p51, 14p
Abstrakt: In this paper we analyze the relationship between antiracism and black self-defense. We draw a distinction between liberal and political black self-defense and argue that antiracism can at most sanction a juridical and individualistic notion of self-defense rather than a communal one. We argue that any and all theoretical conceptions of contestation, resistance, or revolution need to seriously grapple with the necessity of theorizing black self-defense. In doing so, we thematize antiblack violence through accounts of self-defense given by black radicals. Together, these arguments outline a perpetual conditional threat of violence against any and all black freedom projects, which in turn justifies enunciative black counterviolence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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