'Don't Be a Knucklehead': Moralizing Disability in New Jersey's Pandemic Response and Rhetoric
| Autor: | Emily Brooks |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Disability Studies Quarterly, Vol 41, Iss 3 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1041-5718 2159-8371 |
| DOI: | 10.18061/dsq.v41i3.8398 |
| Popis: | Policy failures impacted, sickened, and killed disabled New Jerseyans from the beginning of New Jersey's reign as an epicenter in the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a qualitative content analysis of Governor Phil Murphy's coronavirus press briefings, I argue that New Jersey's public health messaging relies on ableist and eugenicist conceptions of intelligence through both an insistence on individual "smartness" to combat the pandemic and a shaming of individual actions which are rhetorically connected to "stupidity." The official state government messages reflect a moralizing, individualizing focus on behavior and shaming of "unintelligent" actions, which shifts attention from leadership and statewide policies to personal responsibility for safety during a public health crisis. In this way, the State of New Jersey abdicates responsibility for illness and death, no matter the personal cost to marginalized populations. |
| Databáze: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|