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"It looks like a demon" Some Notes on the Visual Constructions of Race
Blog Series: Race Matters in the Classroom
January 22, 2015
Tags: teaching with media | teaching with the arts | imagination
In the final seconds of their struggle, Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown because of a visual impression. From Wilson's point of view, Brown appeared to him like Hulk Hogan, and like a demon. His only conceivable response, he stated, was to shoot. Six bullets ...