Racism And Discrimination In History

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Racism and discrimination has been an important issue in United States history. Racism has been used in different ways, from slavery to segregation. The issue of gun control has also been an important discussion throughout history. In the article Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions by Kerry O’Brien, Walter Forrest, Dermot Lynott, and Michael Daly, the authors conduct an experiment on the issues of racism, gun ownership, and gun control. The authors conducted a quantitative study to explore “whether racism is related to gun ownership and opposition to gun control in US whites.” (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: …show more content…

Many people who own guns argue that “guns are sued for self-protection and safety”. (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions. PLOS ONE, 8(10). Those who are for gun control argue that the belief that “guns that are used for self-defense, protection, and safety are counterintuitive and are inhibiting the adoption of appropriate policy to improve public health”, (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions. PLOS ONE, 8(10)), thus is hurting Americans instead of helping them. The authors introduce the concept of Conservatism, which is the commitment to keep traditional values and ideas. Many Americans who believe in conservatism are right-winged and believe in the in the Crime Control Model, which values catching and punishing those that society views as …show more content…

The authors collected data from the American National Election Study. The authors used this study to test the” relationship between racism, gun ownership, and opposition to gun control. The authors also collected other variables such as gender, age, education level, income, conservatism, location, and political identification.” (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions. PLOS ONE, 8(10)). They found that those who carry out symbolic racism have a “50% greater chance of having a gun in their home, while 28% of those who had guns in the home were in support for permits to carry guns. The relationship between racism and opposition to banning handguns in the home were reduced to non-significant after accounting for having a gun in the home.” (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions. PLOS ONE, 8(10)). Based on the data they found, the authors concluded that “symbolic racism was related to having a gun in the home and to the opposition to gun control policies in US whites.” (O'Brien, K., Forrest, W., Lynott, D., & Daly, M. (2013, October). Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions. PLOS ONE,

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