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4 - From Black Anger to Black Activism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Davin L. Phoenix
Affiliation:
University of California, Irvine
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Chapter Four grapples directly with how seeing red over politics differs for the political participation of blacks and whites. From examinations of black discourses debating the proper role of anger in black political strategizing emerge a picture of black anger that directs individuals more toward oppositional actions such as protesting and boycotting rather than electoral actions like voting. Data from both a national survey and the 2018 RAP study show that anger over politics and racial issues more effectively steers African Americans to activist activities than vote-related activities. These data also show how the relationship between black people’s anger and their participation in such activities is shaped by their views on race and their collective agency within politics. African Americans’ senses of racial linked fate with other groups, their desire to stay calm in the face of discrimination, and their perceptions of the stress caused by race all inhibit the capacity of anger to translate to actions to address the issue of race and policing.

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The Anger Gap
How Race Shapes Emotion in Politics
, pp. 110 - 152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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