AMERICA NEEDS BLACK PATHOLOGY NARRATIVE

In this clip, Dr Carol Anderson, a professor and chair of African American Studies at Emory University, remarked that the media pathologised Black people as they reported on the 2014 unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by police k*lling an unarmed Black man, Michael Brown, Jr.

Black pathology describes a set of beliefs, narratives, or theories that attribute various social problems within the Black community to inherent or cultural deficiencies. However, it does not consider how capitalism, which needs racism to function effectively, oppresses our people in the United States.

Video Credit: @emoryuniversity (YouTube)