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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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Journal of media and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-28 |
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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 |