SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rodney King, Black Body
22 Oct 2017
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Provided not good enough evidence in case (spoke over video) Video: him, being beaten up with notes stance: how was he the one to be feared, juror: he was in complete control of the situation (this bitch can jump off a cliff) Two interpretations of author vs juror: a crisis in the certainty of what is visible, saturations and schematisation of inverted projections of white paranoia. Act of surrender seen as a form of resistance. If they stop he will unleash violence . White reader requires protection from them (by police at extreme measures) Bc the police protect the white, their violence is not seen as violent. Twisted to make viewers sympathetic of the white ppl in the situation. Vulnerability as the white: always believe they are in danger, by virtue of their whiteness final: Clear anxiety over the possibility of sexual exchange. Dangerous before he even lifts a hand. Violence is expected as an immediate action (not reaction)
