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Poverty, Race, and Police: A Conversation
Author(s) -
Cline Andrew
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
poverty and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1944-2858
DOI - 10.1002/pop4.166
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , conversation , salient , poverty , race (biology) , sociology , criminology , psychology , social psychology , political science , gender studies , communication , law , politics
This article examines the role of the hashtag #blacklivesmatter in the response to the Black Lives Matter movement. It is suggested that the hashtagging of ideas allows anyone to appropriate a message and, thus, allows any opposition to create salient exemplars from the worst abusers.