Officially acknowledged carceral violence becomes normalized and acceptable

Evidence

Sovereignty thus is not only about the authority of the state but also about the excess of violent policing that purportedly delineates the rule of law and the reinscription of state power. That this violence is acknowledged by state agencies does not undo the violence; instead, such force works to make these acts commonplace and, perhaps, acceptable. It is in this sense that carceral violence is the state of exception that defines the U.S. nation-state, making the prison camp of detention the iconic regime of disciplinary power for migrants as figures of racialized illegality. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 817 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: State acknowledgment of carceral violence normalizes it rather than undoing it — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in…, 817; Violence sanctioned by admired figures and just ends becomes socially acceptable — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 763; Institutional cruelty feels normal to its perpetrators, not deviant (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• State acknowledgment of carceral violence normalizes it rather than undoing it #corroborates (1.00) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 817