Citation

Gallagher A, Hodge DA. Nurs. Ethics 2018; 25(1): 3-5.

Affiliation

Tuskegee University, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0969733017751936

PMID

29415623

Abstract

...The authors of this editorial come at this topic with different experiences. One of us, a white female ethicist, worked as a nurse during the Northern Irish conflict and witnessed the anguish caused by shootings. The other, a black male philosopher and theologian, has personally witnessed the senseless death of a young black male.

It is our view that the lens of intersectionality may help illuminate some of the complexity of disparities relating to the reporting of gun deaths and injuries. The African-American academic, Kimberlè Crenshaw, for example, shows how black women are invisible in the reporting of gun crime. This invisibility inhibits ethical sensitivity and an empathic response—and this is unethical. Any trend or aspiration that vies for the invisibility of other humans cannot be an ethical one. Additionally, the dilemma is more widespread than just gun control and can be affixed to a broader context that are identified as social determinants of health...

Language: en