Ray: Publicly Carrying a Gun is Coded as White Privilege While Also Preventing Meaningful Action on Climate Chage
[White resistance to gun control] is consistent with the studies of Dr. Jonathan Metzl, a psychiatrist and sociologist at Vanderbilt University, who has documented both the history and the symbolic meanings of guns. In particular, he investigated how publicly carrying a gun was entwined with and “coded as white privilege.” Today, “Advertisers have literally used … Read more
