White People and Black Lives Matter Ignorance, Empathy, and Justice /

• Main Author: Luttrell, Johanna C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social sciences-Philosophy.; Political philosophy.; Social history.; Social policy.; Ethics.; Social Philosophy.; Political Philosophy.; Social History.; Social Policy.

This book interrogates white responses to black-led movements for racial justice. It is a philosophical self-reflection on the ways in which 'white' reactions to Black Lives Matter stand in the way of the movement's important work. It probes reactions which often prevent white people...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Getting My People
• 2. Empathy and Racial Justice: Redefining Impartiality in Response to Social Movements
• 3. How White People Refuse to Understand Black Mourning
• 4. Respecting Black Lives Matter as Political Action
• 5. Conclusion.