Citation

Hirschmann NJ. Front. Sociol. 2020; 5: e619235.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Frontiers Media)

DOI

10.3389/fsoc.2020.619235

PMID

33869534

Abstract

The essay considers populism in the present moment in relation to Black Lives Matter as a popular protest movement. Popular protest movements demand that government change; populism in the present moment seeks to act extra-governmentally, and to this end relies on violence in the face of peace protest movement. This violence demonstrates the white patriarchalism of contemporary populism. I argue that peaceful, popular protest is an important tool to resist white patriarchal populist authoritarianism.

Language: en

Keywords

masculinity; violence; anti-racism campaign; black lives matter movement; feminism; populism; protest