Online and offline spaces where victims shared their experiences with street harassment were instrumental in putting this issue on the political agenda around the world. However, one question in particular sparked uneasiness among French activists: how to deal with stories that, in their view, reproduced stigmas about racialized men or disadvantaged areas? Existing scholarship addresses how people avoid mentioning race so that they do not risk being labeled racist while engaging in covert racism. However, concepts such as covert racism, colorblindness, and white fragility fail to fully capture how activists managed these spaces or how victims shared their experiences. While activists discussed victims’ race and class, they avoided doing so for perpetrators as they were concerned about stigmatization. To address this theoretical gap, this article elaborates a theory on the apprehension of reproducing stigmas. I conceptualize this moral emotion as an anxiety about reinforcing the stigmatization of categories of people whom an individual considers to be already stigmatized. This concept highlights how avoiding race does not always signal a ‘colorblind’ refusal of racial categories but may reflect morally informed anxieties. Beyond race, this apprehension can concern other subjects analyzed in stigma scholarship, such as poverty and mental illness. Based on content analysis of 532 stories, ethnography, and interviews, I analyze how victims structured their stories not solely based on what they sought to share, but also on the stigmas they wanted to avoid. A better understanding of apprehensions and their effects is important for research on individuals’ reflective work to avoid stigmatization.

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担心在法国街头骚扰的故事中再现种族耻辱：“我觉得我只是增加了刻板印象”


受害者分享街头骚扰经历的线上和线下空间有助于将这一问题纳入世界各地的政治议程。然而，有一个问题特别引起了法国活动人士的不安：如何处理在他们看来再现了种族男性或弱势地区耻辱的故事？现有的学术研究解决了人们如何避免提及种族，这样他们就不会在进行秘密种族主义时冒着被贴上种族主义者标签的风险。然而，诸如隐蔽种族主义、色盲和白人脆弱性等概念未能充分体现活动人士如何管理这些空间或受害者如何分享他们的经历。虽然活动人士讨论受害者的种族和阶级，但他们避免对肇事者这样做，因为他们担心受到污名化。为了解决这一理论空白，本文阐述了一种关于对再现耻辱的担忧的理论。我将这种道德情感概念化为一种焦虑，担心强化个人认为已经受到污名化的人群的污名化。这个概念强调了避免种族并不总是意味着对种族类别的“色盲”拒绝，但可能反映了道德上的焦虑。除了种族之外，这种担忧还可能涉及耻辱学术中分析的其他主题，例如贫困和精神疾病。基于对 532 个故事、民族志和访谈的内容分析，我分析了受害者如何构建他们的故事，不仅基于他们想要分享的内容，还基于他们想要避免的耻辱。更好地理解忧虑及其影响对于研究个人的反思工作以避免污名化非常重要。