Weaponizing White Women's Femininity: Accusations Against Black Men

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Title: Weaponizing White Women's Femininity: Accusations Against Black Men
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Description: “Racial injustice is America’s original sin and deepest silence”- Jeanne Theoharris, A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History According to The Sentencing Project, “African Americans are more likely than White Americans to be arrested; once arrested, they are more likely to be convicted; and once convicted, and they are more likely to experience lengthy prison sentences.” White women’s femininity is weaponized by using protections set in place centuries ago. Since the birth of this nation, White women have been protected. Starting in the time of slavery, measures, social and legal, were put in place to protect White womanhood. At the same time, they were lifted into a position of power over those they were being protected from- Black men. The word of a White woman became like a rallying call for the community, what she said was taken without question. If she implicated a Black man of any indiscretion, his life would be forever changed. For this study, I examined interactions between White women and their accusations against Black men. I examined five cases that I separated into three different categories. The first category is “Black men were blamed for a crime that they did not commit”. The second is “White women committed a crime, but blamed a Black man”. Lastly, is “White woman using fear and aggression against a Black man”., Honors Thesis Advisor : Dr. Jessica Spradley, PhD.
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Contributor: Crayton, Sarah M. (Author), California University of Pennsylvania. Honors Program.
Date: 2021-04-21
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Identifier: cali:2241
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