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With the rise of social media, the public has been bombarded by media clips of people of African ancestry being assaulted or gunned down in their own communities. However, the most controversial and emotionally charged media coverage includes images and commentary that cover the killing of young Black people at the hands of White citizens, in particular, White men.
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Evans-Winters, V.E. (2017). Necropolitics and Education. In: Sirrakos, G., Emdin, C. (eds) Between the World and the Urban Classroom. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-032-5_2
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