Manipulate racial scripts as a form of agency

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Question: In her ethnography, Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship, anthropologist Aimee Cox describes an incident at a gas station in rural Ohio where a group of Black girls from Detroit are confronted by local white men. Feeling threatened, the girls turn the tables on the men. When one of the locals ask if the girls are "bad girls," one of them responds: "You are right. These are very, very, bad girls who have done things I can't even speak about. So, sirs, please, step away from the van and please do not talk to my girls.

They can't talk to people from the outside. We can't be held responsible for what they might do." Apparently, the strategy worked. One of the girls described what happened next: "They started backing up, like actually walking backwards like they was scared. And then on of 'em tripped over a pop can and fell. That shit was dope. Funny, man. Just straight up funny." Prof. Cox uses this incident to show that...

racial ideology is hegemonic in the US.

one can use their privilege to empower others.

personally-mediated racism is more prevalent in rural areas in the US.

the girls understand how to stratigically manipulate racial scripts as a form of agency

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