Our superior complex shadow is under a microscope

dc.contributor.author	Edwards, Fiona
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-03T16:29:51Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-03T16:29:51Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description.abstract	From the institution of slavery to current waves of systemic oppression, Black people continue to be negatively impacted. This calls attention to the pervasiveness of racism, specifically the anti-Black racism that contorts and constrains Black peoples’ lives. The magnitude of anti-Black racism punctuated human consciousness on a global scale after the public brutal killing of George Floyd, an African-American man in police custody. This poem is inspired by Floyd’s death and the emotional trauma and pain it ignited in Black people around the world. It illustrates the vulnerability of the Black community in respect to ongoing systemic oppression, the inferiorization of Blackness, and the corresponding suffering Black people must endure.
dc.identifier.citation	Edwards, F. (2021). Our superior complex shadow is under a microscope. New Sociology: Journal of Critical Praxis, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.25071/2563-3694.113
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.25071/2563-3694.113
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3780
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Attribution (CC BY)
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	racism
dc.subject	anti-Black racism
dc.subject	systemic oppression
dc.subject	Black Lives Matter
dc.subject	racial trauma
dc.title	Our superior complex shadow is under a microscope	en
dc.type	Article

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