This article situates the pro-police countermovement, ‘Blue Lives Matter’, within the legacy of blackface minstrelsy. An analysis of various ‘racial performances’ shows how, like its minstrel forbearers, the rebuttal to Black Lives Matter subscribes to a dual identity: envious, fetishistic ‘love’ of Black people on one hand, visceral contempt accompanied by often-violent fantasies on the other. It is argued that by racialising themselves as ‘blue’, the countermovement seeks to expropriate the virtue associated with racial victimisation and articulate their racial fantasies about how Black folks ought to be. The article concludes by arguing that critical analyses of policing should consider policing performances rather than just policing practices.

这篇文章将亲警察的反击运动“蓝色生命问题”置于黑脸吟游诗人的遗产中。对各种“种族表演”的分析表明，与吟游诗人的先驱者一样，对“黑人的命也是命”的反驳如何支持双重身份：一方面是对黑人的嫉妒、拜物教的“爱”，一方面是内心的蔑视，同时伴随着经常暴力的幻想另一个。有人认为，通过将自己种族化为“蓝色”，反运动试图剥夺与种族受害相关的美德，并阐明他们对黑人应该如何的种族幻想。文章最后认为，对警务的批判性分析应考虑警务绩效，而不仅仅是警务实践。