A panel of five people, with views mostly skewed to the left, discussed gun violence and how to address it in Tennessee.
Although one member of the panel, State Sen. Kerry Roberts, R – Springfield, came at the topic from the right.
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A Vanderbilt professor says rural Tennesseans are too racially prejudiced to realize Obamacare is good for them.
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People in the United States refuse to pass more gun control laws because of white supremacy and “white privilege,” according to a Vanderbilt University professor out of Nashville.
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A Vanderbilt professor who recently wrote a book impugning people in the American South and Midwest for supposed racism and for clinging to conservative political values is fending off fierce protesters during his book tour. As The Tennessee Star reported, Jonathan Metzl, professor of sociology and medicine recently wrote a book called Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland. Specifically, the book focused on people in Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. Ironically, none of the protestors reportedly harassing Metzl are documented to have come from any of those three states or anywhere else in the South or Midwest. Mainstream media outlets say these protestors instead are white nationalists who have caused trouble in Washington, D.C. and California. According to TheHill.com, “white nationalist groups have targeted bookstores and library events in multiple states.” The co-founder of the American Identity Movement reportedly told The Washington Post he organized a protest at an event Metzl scheduled to promote his book. As The Star reported, according to Metzl, white Tennessee residents endanger their own health by rejecting government health care programs and by embracing pro-gun and anti-tax policies. Metzl said in a press release he set out to “understand…
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White Tennessee residents endanger their own health by rejecting government health care programs and by embracing pro-gun and anti-tax policies, according to a new book a Vanderbilt University professor just released. The book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, even says “explicit racism” can motivate certain white people to cling to these conservative points of view. This, according to a press release Vanderbilt officials put out this week. Vanderbilt Professor Jonathan Metzl wrote the book. Metzl, according to Vanderbilt’s press release, is a professor of sociology and medicine and a professor of health and society. Metzl did not return The Tennessee Star’s repeated requests for comment this week. Metzl said in the press release that he set out to “understand how white Americans reconciled support for anti-tax, pro-gun policies in regions struggling with the impact of poor health care and education and high rates of gun death.” He said he focused on three specific areas — Medicaid expansion in Tennessee, school funding in Kansas, and gun laws in Missouri. Metzl said in the press release that he has lived in all three of those states. “In his book, Metzl explains that today’s skepticism…
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