ABSTRACT In this essay, I analyze co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement Patrisse Khan-Cullors’s herstory as shared in her book (coauthored with Asha Bandele) When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. Drawing on Black feminist rhetorical scholarship, I consider how Khan-Cullors utilizes storytelling as a counter-attack to the misnaming of her identity as a “terrorist.” In particular, I consider how she employs storytelling to re-establish her ethos in ways that resist the “terrorist” label; contextualizes her personal narrative to provide insight into the long-term misnaming of Black identity; creates space for under-represented Black lived experiences; and engages the issue via multi-purposed storytelling to prompt social action and change. My purpose is to consider how labels like “terrorist” contribute to the devaluing of Black lives, while arguing for ways storytelling offers opportunities for Black women activists like Khan-Cullors to challenge these labels and affirm Black humanity.

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Patrisse Khan-Cullors 和当他们称你为恐怖分子时：黑人的命也是命 回忆录：讲述黑人女权主义者对黑人身份错误标签的反击

摘要在这篇文章中，我分析了黑人的命也是命运动的联合创始人帕特丽斯·汗-库勒斯 (Patrisse Khan-Cullors) 在她的书（与阿莎·班德勒合着）中分享的故事，当他们称你为恐怖分子时：黑人的命也是命回忆录。借鉴黑人女权主义修辞学，我考虑了 Khan-Cullors 如何利用讲故事来反击她被误称为“恐怖分子”的身份。我特别考虑了她如何通过讲故事以抵制“恐怖主义”标签的方式重新树立自己的精神；将她的个人叙述置于语境中，以深入了解黑人身份的长期错误命名；为代表性不足的黑人生活体验创造空间；并通过多用途的讲故事来解决问题，以促进社会行动和变革。