"Any One of Us Could Be Accused:" How White Men Appropriated Black Male Victimhood to Claim '#MeToo'
Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Legal Studies
Reader 1
Mark Golub
Reader 2
Nancy Neiman
Abstract
This article applies Black feminist critiques of the anti-violence movement to the perpetrators accused by the contemporary #MeToo movement. I argue that the white men accused by #MeToo activate an intersectional flip of the ‘everywoman analysis’ to contend that ‘every man could be accused.’ In asserting a proximity to Black male victimhood, white male perpetrators claim innocence and exonerate themselves from community accountability.
Recommended Citation
Hoving, Rebecca, ""Any One of Us Could Be Accused:" How White Men Appropriated Black Male Victimhood to Claim '#MeToo'" (2021). Scripps Senior Theses. 1649.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1649
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
