Sounds like this "study" or whatever is as confused as to what constitutes "racism" as anyone today. What they describe sounds like some arbitrary concoction of true racism, mere ignorance, some bigotry, bias, jingoism, and rudeness/insensitivity that is honestly more indicative of the prejudices of the testers than anything useful.
"According to their survey, you are "racist"...not kidding....if you agree with the statement "following the civil rights movement, blacks have had the opportunity to rise out of poverty""
Which "racist" you would be by the stupidly expansive interpretation of the word as slung by idiots of all colors today. "Racist" no longer means having beliefs in inherent superiority/inferiority of different ethnicities. The word now means having any opinions or assumptions whatsoever about a protected group which aren't dictated by that group.
For better or worse, human logic is based on assumptions (ideally fitted to experience), so forbidding ourselves to assume based on the evidence we have before us is the same as forbidding free thought.
I'm quite positive the purpose of this study was to conflate the old saws that "gun owners are Republicans" and " Republicans are racists." Both of which are wildly inaccurate bigotries, as we all know, but which are widely held beliefs by those outside those groups. One thing I do know, is that racism/classism is the root of all restriction-based gun laws; put in place by elitists convinced that 'subhumans' like blacks, Chinese, and the Irish weren't to be trusted with weapons (gun laws, knife laws, etc.)
"I'd say initially there may have been some truth to that (Saturday night specials, etc). These days I don't agree with that as much <that gun laws are racist>."
I defy anyone to find a single possession/use restriction on guns anywhere, which is actually enforced, that isn't disproportionately targeted towards marginalized groups (minorities, the poor, illegal aliens, whatever), or was passed under the pretense it would be executed that way.
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