Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2017
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.
Recommended Citation
Engles, Tim, "Racialized Slacktivism: Social Media Performances of White Antiracism" (2017). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 240.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/eng_fac/240
https://works.bepress.com/tim_engles/30/
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