Journal article
"A Roar of Rage", "Toddlers with Guns" and "Eternal Bloody Protest": some First Nations peoples' perceptions about #BlackLivesMatter activism in Australia
Ethnic & racial studies, Vol.47(15), pp.3280-3301
17/11/2024
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Abstract
This article explores the experiences of First Nations participants as the #BlackLivesMatter protests burst onto Australian mainstream and social media platforms and onto Australian streets in 2020. We explore First Nations participants’ perceptions about the significance and relevance of #BlackLivesMatter in Australia to support First Nations existing political campaigns to address structural racism and settler colonialism in the Australian context. We consider the twin structures of racism and settler colonialism to comparatively analyse the historical experiences of First Nations, in Australia and the US, and Black people in the US in an effort to understand convergences and divergences in the contemporary activist imperatives and aspirations of each group. We conclude by acknowledging that while #BlackLivesMatter activism does have the potential to productively complement First Nations anti-racism activist imperatives and aspirations, it falls short of addressing First Nations anti-colonial imperatives and aspirations.
Details
- Title
- "A Roar of Rage", "Toddlers with Guns" and "Eternal Bloody Protest": some First Nations peoples' perceptions about #BlackLivesMatter activism in Australia
- Creators
- Marcelle Townsend-Cross - The University of SydneyKathomi Gatwiri - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Ethnic & racial studies, Vol.47(15), pp.3280-3301
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 22
- Identifiers
- 991013168513502368
- Copyright
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDer-ivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Centre for Children and Young People; Humanities; School of Arts and Social Sciences; Social Work; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article