The article presents a rhetorical critique of the media covera-
ge of the Danish Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020,
focusing on how emotions such as solidarity, anger and fear stick to the
movement. While ‘solidarity with American victims of racism’ is framed
as a legitimate affective orientation, the movement’s ‘angry rhetoric’
becomes a reason for rhetorical marginalization in the public debate.
The media's emphasis on solidarity with American victims of racism as a
legitimate affective orientation, as opposed to anger at racism in Den-
mark, can be read as an example of color-blind racism, and prompts a
critical discussion of a cultural and theoretical tendency to dismiss the
'anger of social movements' as destructive and counterproductive. The
article is a contribution to understanding how emotions participate in
marginalizing social movements in the public debate.