Comments for Marykate's Blog http://blog.richmond.edu/marykatedarragh Just another blog.richmond.edu site Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:30:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Reaction to “Why Most Mass Murders are Privileged White Men” by Hugo Schwyzer by ft6ev http://blog.richmond.edu/marykatedarragh/2012/10/03/reaction-to-why-most-mass-murders-are-privileged-white-men-by-hugo-schwyzer/#comment-6 ft6ev Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:30:32 +0000 http://blog.richmond.edu/marykatedarragh/?p=22#comment-6 I also thought that Schwyzer’s article proposed an interesting point on how white, middle-class men were more likely to shoot in public places. I think it is important that you mentioned Schwyzer pointing out that when a man of color commits a crime, it is common to connect his actions with the race or religion aspect. This way of thinking is naturalized due to the media representations, such as seen through different crime TV shows such as COPS or CSI. I completely agree with you how it relates to what Stuart referred in his article as “inferential racism” because it is embedded in to the way underclass non-white minorities are portrayed as criminals in the reality TV shows, however, most of the time we don’t pay attention to it. I agree with you that it is ridiculous how one can accuse another person’s race for the crime committed; it makes you wonder how prevalent racism is in our world today. Since Schwyzer openly talks about the commonality for minorities or blacks to be the criminals, it does refer back to the whole dominant ideology of how “blacks are the source of the problem.” Just like you, I also disagree on how Schwyzer blames the violence committed by white middle-class males as simply frustration; I believe it is a way bigger issue than that. In my blog, I discussed how the main reason why people commit such an act is because of his or her psychological problems, rather than the issue with race or class. You brought up a good point about how white privileged men might feel more confident committing a crime in public because they are so used to being treated with ultimate respect, in a sense, they are asserting that dominance. Overall, I agree with you how Schwyzer’s argument is invalid and unjustified because white privileged males are just as likely to commit such an act as any other member of other races—such as the Virginia Tech shooting case by a Korean male. As you mentioned, comitting a crime in public is really extreme and it definitely takes more than confidence, therefore, it doesn’t quite correlate with the assertion of being just white, middle-class or privileged. I believe that media does play into effect with influencing one’s ideologies, because of Stuart Hall’s reading, it allowed me to digest Schwyzer’s article carefully and nitpick the “inferential racism” included in the reading. Nice blog :) I also thought that Schwyzer’s article proposed an interesting point on how white, middle-class men were more likely to shoot in public places. I think it is important that you mentioned Schwyzer pointing out that when a man of color commits a crime, it is common to connect his actions with the race or religion aspect. This way of thinking is naturalized due to the media representations, such as seen through different crime TV shows such as COPS or CSI. I completely agree with you how it relates to what Stuart referred in his article as “inferential racism” because it is embedded in to the way underclass non-white minorities are portrayed as criminals in the reality TV shows, however, most of the time we don’t pay attention to it. I agree with you that it is ridiculous how one can accuse another person’s race for the crime committed; it makes you wonder how prevalent racism is in our world today. Since Schwyzer openly talks about the commonality for minorities or blacks to be the criminals, it does refer back to the whole dominant ideology of how “blacks are the source of the problem.” Just like you, I also disagree on how Schwyzer blames the violence committed by white middle-class males as simply frustration; I believe it is a way bigger issue than that. In my blog, I discussed how the main reason why people commit such an act is because of his or her psychological problems, rather than the issue with race or class.
You brought up a good point about how white privileged men might feel more confident committing a crime in public because they are so used to being treated with ultimate respect, in a sense, they are asserting that dominance. Overall, I agree with you how Schwyzer’s argument is invalid and unjustified because white privileged males are just as likely to commit such an act as any other member of other races—such as the Virginia Tech shooting case by a Korean male. As you mentioned, comitting a crime in public is really extreme and it definitely takes more than confidence, therefore, it doesn’t quite correlate with the assertion of being just white, middle-class or privileged. I believe that media does play into effect with influencing one’s ideologies, because of Stuart Hall’s reading, it allowed me to digest Schwyzer’s article carefully and nitpick the “inferential racism” included in the reading.

Nice blog :)

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