Caring for the most disrespected person in (online) America: Black women, identity, social media and spiritual care

Buhuro, Danielle J.

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Caring for the most disrespected person in (online) America: Black women, identity, social media and spiritual care

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Buhuro, Danielle J. Caring for the Most Disrespected Person In (online) America: Black Women, Identity, Social Media and Spiritual Care. ctschicago.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b0ace5f8-ac21-4325-b547-fe2076501ead.

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B. D. J. Caring for the most disrespected person in (online) America: Black women, identity, social media and spiritual care. https://ctschicago.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b0ace5f8-ac21-4325-b547-fe2076501ead

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Buhuro, Danielle J. Caring for the Most Disrespected Person In (online) America: Black Women, Identity, Social Media and Spiritual Care. https://ctschicago.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b0ace5f8-ac21-4325-b547-fe2076501ead.

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Digital space, specifically social media, is the new space where spiritual care takes place. Black women are the most abused group of people on social media today with violence specifically against Black women, Black Muslim women and Black trans women at an all-time high. Violence against these Black women is as a result of America’s desire to still define these persons as stereotypical Jezebels, Mammies and Sapphires, continuing what Dr. Emilie Townes calls “the cultural production of evil” through social media now. My primarily conversation partner, Dr. Na’im Akbar, suggests celebration is one strategy that breaks the chains of psychological slavery which negatively impacts African American people. With Dr. Akbar’s theory of celebration in mind, this paper examines how the act of celebration can be utilized as a spiritual care practice on social media today to care for Black women, Black Muslim women and Black trans women who experience violence on social media. Celebrating these Black women specifically restores dignity.

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