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#4 - Gun Ownership

August 13, 2020 BGWGTalking Season 1 Episode 4
#4 - Gun Ownership
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Black Guy White Guy Talking
#4 - Gun Ownership
Aug 13, 2020 Season 1 Episode 4
BGWGTalking

In this episode, we talk all about gun ownership: how it differs in white and Black communities, its association with conservatism, white entitlement, and more. We reflect on the circumstances of Breonna Taylor’s killing, share personal stories about gun violence, and discuss the cycle of mass incarceration in America. Also, protecting your family, hunting, accidents, and Japanese murder hornets.

Episode links:

Couple points guns at protestors: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53481537

Clifford Thompson’s book, What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-black-writer-on-individualism-identity-and-indifference-in-trumps-america/2019/12/19/200a0f62-1aa9-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html

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In this episode, we talk all about gun ownership: how it differs in white and Black communities, its association with conservatism, white entitlement, and more. We reflect on the circumstances of Breonna Taylor’s killing, share personal stories about gun violence, and discuss the cycle of mass incarceration in America. Also, protecting your family, hunting, accidents, and Japanese murder hornets.

Episode links:

Couple points guns at protestors: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53481537

Clifford Thompson’s book, What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man’s Blues: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-black-writer-on-individualism-identity-and-indifference-in-trumps-america/2019/12/19/200a0f62-1aa9-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html