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100 1 _aMEIER Anna A.
245 _aTerror as justice, justice as terror:
_bcounterterrorism and anti-Black racism in the United States/
_cAnna A. Meier
260 _c2022
520 _aHow do counterterrorism policies in the United States reproduce anti-Black racism? Research on U.S. domestic counterterrorism post-9/11 has largely focused on the experiences of Muslim Americans while marginalising both overlapping and separate effects of counterterrorism policy on non-Muslim people of colour, particularly non-Muslim Black communities. I argue that domestic counterterrorism policy, as an act of determining what kinds of political contention the state finds non-threatening, has roots in the historical treatment of Black resistance and continues to derive power and legitimacy from oppressing Black communities. Using the case of the Black Liberation Army and its members, I show that federal counterterrorism institutions were shaped by opposition to Black liberation, alongside more well-studied threads of xenophobia and Islamophobia. This article thus extends understandings of discrimination and prejudice within the U.S. counterterrorism apparatus and advocates for greater attention to anti-Blackness not only in policing but in security institutions more broadly.
650 _aCOUNTERTERRORISM
650 _aRACISM
650 _aANTI-BLACKNESS
650 _aBLACK LIBERATION ARMY
773 _aCritical Studies on Terrorism:
_gVol 15, No 1, March 2022, pp. 83-101 (112)
598 _aTERRORISM, USA
856 _uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17539153.2022.2031132
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