2021
DOI: 10.14197/atr.201221177
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Truth as a Victim: The challenge of anti-trafficking education in the age of Q

Abstract: The QAnon conspiracy threatens anti-trafficking education because of its broad dissemination and focus on a range of myths about trafficking. These myths are rooted in historic and ongoing misinformation about abductions, exploitation, and community threats. This article examines the extent of QAnon’s co-optation of human trafficking discourses and evaluates its connection to trafficking myths, particularly related to gender, race, class, and agency. From this perspective, the article considers how anti-traffi… Show more

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“…QAnon's large-scale beliefs are rooted in extremism identifying one absolute enemy, typically individuals with elite power, driving domestic minor sex trafficking ( 13 ). As is the case for most extremist theories, radicalization “discourages the navigation of differing perspectives required in a pluralistic society, and the dehumanizing effects of conspiracy which are important for supporting radicalization” ( 14 ). In the case of QAnons's campaign within the context of the anti-trafficking movement, their sensationalized theories around domestic minor sex trafficking propagate a simplified representation of exploitation that distracts energy and resources from the multi-systemic causes that ultimately give rise to human trafficking.…”
Section: Themes Of Disinformationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…QAnon's large-scale beliefs are rooted in extremism identifying one absolute enemy, typically individuals with elite power, driving domestic minor sex trafficking ( 13 ). As is the case for most extremist theories, radicalization “discourages the navigation of differing perspectives required in a pluralistic society, and the dehumanizing effects of conspiracy which are important for supporting radicalization” ( 14 ). In the case of QAnons's campaign within the context of the anti-trafficking movement, their sensationalized theories around domestic minor sex trafficking propagate a simplified representation of exploitation that distracts energy and resources from the multi-systemic causes that ultimately give rise to human trafficking.…”
Section: Themes Of Disinformationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This systemic devaluing of trafficked individuals ignored by QAnon's profiling—people of color, immigrants, people who identify as gender non-binary—underpins historic structural inequities that have been built into the United States' response to human trafficking ( 16 ). At the core of both, we see “racialized and gendered roles of feminine helplessness and protection by traditional (i.e., masculine) institutions” ( 14 ).…”
Section: Themes Of Disinformationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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