Abstract
This chapter is an analysis of common white netizens' responses to the killing of Trayvon Martin and to the viral video "Kony 2012." It argues that such responses are a form of "racialized slacktivism," that is, an effort to return to a sense of oneself as a good, happy white person by going through the motions of demonstrating an antiracist online version of oneself.
| Original language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Rhetorics of Whiteness: Postracial Hauntings in Popular Culture, Social Media, and Education |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- white activism
- antiracism activism
- racialized slacktivism
- Kony 2012
- Trayvon Martin
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- Digital Humanities
- Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
- Rhetoric and Composition