#10020. ‘Blue Lives Matter’ and the legacy of blackface minstrelsy

September 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This article situates the pro-police countermovement, ‘Blue Lives Matter’, within the legacy of blackface minstrelsy. An analysis of various ‘racial performances’ shows how, like its minstrel forbearers, the rebuttal to Black Lives Matter subscribes to a dual identity: envious, fetishistic ‘love’ of Black people on one hand, visceral contempt accompanied by often-violent fantasies on the other. It is argued that by racialising themselves as ‘blue’, the countermovement seeks to expropriate the virtue associated with racial victimisation and articulate their racial fantasies about how Black folks ought to be.
Keywords:
appropriation; Black Lives Matter; blackface minstrelsy; Blue Lives Matter; Eric Garner; police brutality; racial performance

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