Eric Garner and the Value of Black Obese Bodies
Category: POLITICS
The imagery of the giant, brutish, King-Kong-like black man threatening our cities is far from new. Currently it seems to be intersecting dangerously with another popular rhetorical image: the obese person who is responsible for his own frail, unworthy body. This intersection was especially on display in Eric Garner's case.
By Rebecca Kukla, ContributorRebecca Kukla is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown Univers..., 2014-12-17