The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter (7)

The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter

The article looks at the mass shooting in modern American history. As tens of thousands enjoyed a music festival on the streets of Las Vegas, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada, was perched 32 floors above them in his Mandalay Bay hotel room. Paddock had 19 rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammo A few minutes after 10 p.m., Paddock opened fire on the unsuspecting crowd. The article explores the way the shooter was investigated once it was realised he was white.  He was declared a “lone wolf” before analysts even started their day, not because an exhaustive investigation produced such a conclusion, but because it is the only available conclusion for a white man in America who commits a mass shooting."Something is deeply wrong when people feel a sense of relief that the shooter is white because they know that means they won’t suffer as a result." For people of color, and especially for Muslims, the treatment is often different. Muslims often get labeled as “terrorists” before all the facts have come out.

• At least 58 people are dead and over 500 more wounded

My opinion on this is similar to the stance the writer of this article also has. I feel that the media reacts entirely different to this kind of news as soon as they find out the perpetrator is not Muslim. This is behaviour is not justifiable, terrorism should not be reversed to a certain group of people because of their religious beliefs.