Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson

[...] contributing to the court's decision was the apparent widespread perpetuation of negative stereotypes of Black men as savages and rapists, reinforced at the time through the showing of the movie Birth of a Nation in Wilmington, the site of Wilson's incarceration. [...] the movie play...

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Published in:Sign language studies 2009, Vol.9 (3), p.375-378
Main Author: Anderson, Glenn B.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Community Relations
Deafness
Family (Sociological Unit)
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Interviews
Linguistics
Litigation
Mental Disorders
Mental institutions
Residential Schools
Sign Language
Social Class
Special Schools
Stereotypes
Young Children
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Summary:[...] contributing to the court's decision was the apparent widespread perpetuation of negative stereotypes of Black men as savages and rapists, reinforced at the time through the showing of the movie Birth of a Nation in Wilmington, the site of Wilson's incarceration. [...] the movie played before packed houses the same week in which Wilson was eventually sentenced. According to Alexander (2007), between 1907 and 1940, more than 18,000 sterilizations of individuals deemed as "defective" took place in mental institutions, particularly in southern states.
ISSN:0302-1475
1533-6263
1533-6263
DOI:10.1353/sls.0.0017