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Sarah J. Jackson
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Associate Prof, Annenberg Penn. I study media and social change and co-direct the Media, Inequality & Change Center. Opinions definitely my own
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All jokes aside, the stereotype of the Jezebel is one of the four controlling images white supremacy has maintained to control and denigrate Black women as detailed by Patricia Hill Collins in her formative work Black Feminist Thought (1990). The others are the mammy, matriarch and welfare queen…

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Emumbly-joe.bsky.social

iirc right-wing white evangelicals have also long cited the story of Jezebel as an entreaty against race-mixing

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ECerchristensen.bsky.social

And didn't Vance hint just say, "Well, I don't know, Kamala. I did serve in the United States Marine Corps and build a business. What the hell have you done? Other than collect a check?" Seems like a veiled welfare queen reference to me. www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vanc...

JD Vance accuses Kamala Harris of doing nothing but ‘collect a check’
JD Vance accuses Kamala Harris of doing nothing but ‘collect a check’

Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance joined the former president on the campaign trail in Michigan on Saturday, 20 July. Vance accused Kamala Harris of accomplishing little during her time in the Whi...

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WSyendorcire.bsky.social

So the people who support a rapist are going with Jezebel?

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Wcelticdragon1.bsky.social

The Mammy/Jezebel dichotomy was something I recall writing a paper on in African American history.

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FRfreeradical7.bsky.social

I'm pretty sure I know a lot of women that would unironically buy Kamala merch with some "scary Jezebel" imagery and have a great time with it.

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SJsjjphd.bsky.social

It goes without saying we are about to see all these employed in this elections cycle. And while I’d like to believe at this point most people are too savvy to fall for them we know some aren’t. At least the weirdos on the right are so egregious with it we can laugh sometimes.

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Sarah J. Jackson
@sjjphd.bsky.social
Associate Prof, Annenberg Penn. I study media and social change and co-direct the Media, Inequality & Change Center. Opinions definitely my own
11.6k followers726 following4.9k posts