A stranger approaching and aiming a gun at you seems like the exact scenario that “Stand Your Ground” laws were made to address. But a case in Florida where the armed strangers were white and the people “standing their ground” were Black demonstrates that the law’s’ protections and application fall along familiar and unequal lines.Guest: <a href="https://wgs.fas.harvard.edu/people/caroline-light" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caroline Light</a>, Senior Lecturer and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in WGS at Harvard, author of <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/stand-your-ground/id1137434002?itscg=30200&itsct=books_box_link&mttnsubad=1137434002&at=1000l38Mz&ct=what-next" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense</a>.Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Rob Gunther, Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Podurama

Home

Trending

Personal

Your Podcasts

New Episodes

My Files

Favourite Episodes

Tags (Folders)

Recently Played

Bookmarks

Followed Playlists

They Stood Their Ground. Was It Murder?

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

AI Chapters

AI Insights

Reviews