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Contextualizing Police Use of Force and Black Vulnerability: A Response to Whitesel
Author(s) -
Hitchens Brooklynn K.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12338
Subject(s) - sociology , vulnerability (computing) , criminology , character (mathematics) , state (computer science) , gender studies , computer security , computer science , geometry , mathematics , algorithm
Whitesel ([Whitesel, Jason, 2017]) argues that racialized stereotypes about black bodies were used as foundations for the killing and subsequent character assassinations of Eleanor Bumpurs and Eric Garner. In response to Whitesel, I offer several points to expand on the arguments raised, as well as some critiques that should enhance future research on policing and state‐sanctioned violence.