Tennessee's New South: Marquita Bradshaw and Her Call for Environmental Justice

IF 0.1 4区 文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM
Phil Scholer
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In 2020 Marquita Bradshaw became the first African American woman to win a state-wide race in Tennessee, soaring past her establishment opponents to clinch the Democratic primary for United States Senate. Throughout her campaign, Bradshaw evoked the increasingly popular progressive rallying cry "New South." Bradshaw's vision for a New South is characterized by her call for environmental justice. By speaking about her personal experience with environmental racism, Bradshaw organized a compelling campaign rooted in environmental justice and economic equity based on class solidarity. This article analyzes the powerful yet often overlooked part of Bradshaw's campaign: the religious underpinnings of her environmental justice advocacy. It also examines the historical significance of Bradshaw's use of the term "New South" and how Bradshaw interprets Memphis journalist Ida B. Wells as an inspiration for her movement.

田纳西的新南方玛奎塔-布拉德肖和她对环境正义的呼吁
2020 年,玛奎塔-布拉德肖(Marquita Bradshaw)成为田纳西州第一位赢得全州竞选的非裔美国女性,在民主党参议员初选中一举击败建制派对手。在整个竞选过程中,布拉德肖都在唤起日益流行的 "新南方 "的进步号召。布拉德肖对 "新南方 "的憧憬体现在她对环境正义的呼吁上。通过讲述她个人在环境种族主义方面的经历,布莱德肖组织了一场植根于环境正义和基于阶级团结的经济公平的令人信服的竞选活动。本文分析了 Bradshaw 运动中强有力但却经常被忽视的部分:她倡导环境正义的宗教基础。文章还探讨了 Bradshaw 使用 "新南方 "一词的历史意义,以及 Bradshaw 如何将孟菲斯记者 Ida B. Wells 解释为其运动的灵感来源。
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MISSISSIPPI QUARTERLY
MISSISSIPPI QUARTERLY Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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期刊介绍: Founded in 1948, the Mississippi Quarterly is a refereed, scholarly journal dedicated to the life and culture of the American South, past and present. The journal is published quarterly by the College of Arts and Sciences of Mississippi State University.
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