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The shadow of a lynching set against a crowd of people; the image was created and distributed by the NAACP, c. 1930s. The writer argues that recent, vigilante-led killings in South Africa echo the practice. (Everett Historical)
PHOENIXMASSACRE

Hashtags bear a strange fruit: The visual terror of the #PhoenixMassacre

As vigilante groups stepped in to ‘protect’ their property and families, the visual spectacle of death took on a sinister pleasure in some quarters, with Black lives bearing the…

  • Zamansele Nsele
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