Faith Discourses in the Context of Racial Tension: Black Lives Matter and Its Counter-Narratives
Black Lives Matter as a racial and social justice movement has been the target of different groups on social media. These counter-movements include hashtags like #AllLivesMatter, #WhiteLivesMatter, and #BlueLivesMatter. These groups can use religious discourses to develop a racial counter-narratives...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Journal of media and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-28 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Black lives matter movement
/ Counter movement (Sociology)
/ Tweet
/ Christianity
/ Morals
/ Racism
/ White supremacy
/ Geschichte 2020
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America NCA Ethics NCC Social ethics TK Recent history ZB Sociology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | Black Lives Matter as a racial and social justice movement has been the target of different groups on social media. These counter-movements include hashtags like #AllLivesMatter, #WhiteLivesMatter, and #BlueLivesMatter. These groups can use religious discourses to develop a racial counter-narratives to express their interests. The present study used a reflexive thematic analysis method to examine how tweets using either of these hashtags within one month of the death of George Floyd utilized faith-based arguments as part of a counter-narrative to Black Lives Matter. This analysis revealed three themes including (1) the color-blindness of religion as a racial justice counter-narrative, (2) God, virtues, and White privilege (3), and politics, institutions, race, and religion. Although these themes were presented in Twitter through a narrative that uses an apparent harmless language, they were still found to have a racial purpose that criminalizes, oppresses, and creates racial stereotypes. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-8415 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2023.2174322 |