Race and Communication: Keep Your Knees Off of Our Necks: Black Girl Video Prowess Bearing Witness against the Grisly Minnesota Police Murder of George Floyd

Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas

doi:10.4324/9781003220466-5

Race and Communication: Keep Your Knees Off of Our Necks: Black Girl Video Prowess Bearing Witness against the Grisly Minnesota Police Murder of George Floyd

Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas

Communication Arts

Regent University

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Abstract

U.S. History is one marked by racial oppression and a quest for racial justice. On May 25, 2020, a graphically raw and intense YouTube, Facebook video filmed by a 17-year-old African American went viral, and Darnella Frazier became a 21st century anti-racist crusader simply by using her cell phone. The Black Girl video, vocal and social media prowess ultimately helped people globally bear witness and protest George Floyd’s cruel death. In 2020, Reverend Al Sharpton’s powerful Floyd eulogy admonition and warning to racists to “Keep your knees off our necks” ultimately became the foremost global protest catalyst rallying cry. This chapter explores race, communication, and the events of 2020.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Communication in the 2020s
Subtitle of host publication	Viewing Our World Through the Eyes of Communication Scholars
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	26-35
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000578782
ISBN (Print)	9781032115634
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003220466-5
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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