Galvanizing Grief: Black Maternal Politics, Respectability, and the Pursuit of Elected Office

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-27 DOI:10.1080/1554477x.2022.2074759

Aidan Smith

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In the aftermath of public outcry of multiple high-profile killings of Black teens at the hands of police or under the auspices of stand-your-ground laws, several bereaved mothers became symbols of resistance to white supremacist policing and surveillance. Known as the “Mothers of the Movement,” this paper traces three of these women (Sybrina Fulton, Lucy McBath, and Lezley McSpadden) from the national stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 to the transition to candidates themselves. Their engagement in maternal politics is part of a long lineage of Black maternal activists that have sought justice for their fallen children through public advocacy. While McSpadden, Fulton, and McBath all lobby against white supremacist violence, they are most politically successful when they make their case from a rhetoric that affirms a respectability politics that measures the value of Black citizens in their ability to comport themselves within middle-class cultural standards.

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《激起悲痛:黑人母亲的政治、体面和对当选公职的追求》

在公众对多起黑人青少年被警察或在“坚守阵地法”的支持下被高调杀害的事件表示强烈抗议之后，一些失去亲人的母亲成为抵制白人至上主义警察和监视的象征。被称为“运动之母”的这篇论文追溯了其中三位女性(Sybrina Fulton, Lucy McBath和Lezley McSpadden)从2016年民主党全国代表大会的全国舞台到过渡到候选人自己。她们参与母亲政治是黑人母亲活动家长期以来的一部分，他们通过公共倡导为自己堕落的孩子寻求正义。虽然麦克斯帕登、富尔顿和麦克巴斯都在游说反对白人至上主义者的暴力行为，但当他们用一种肯定可敬政治的修辞来表达自己的观点时，他们在政治上是最成功的，这种政治是以黑人公民在中产阶级文化标准下表现自己的能力来衡量黑人公民的价值的。

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Journal of Women Politics & Policy Multiple-

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1.80

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.