*If you think from a Black hunter’s perspective, do you think they would be comfortable hunting on White people’s land? What would White people think if they saw a Black man on their property wielding a gun?

More Than 90% of the Land Is Owned by White Americans

The United States is a land of which the story of millions of kidnapped Africans and native people was written in blood. There is no doubt about the fact that the majority of this land is owned by White Americans and this also includes the places where Black hunters usually hunt.

This would probably be the first time you are reading Black hunting and White Supremacy in the same sentence but you’d be surprised how many people have explored the link between the two. Would you believe that there is actually a book on this topic? The book by academic Carolyn Finney is titled ‘Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors’.

Why Does It Come As A Surprise?

Well, why does it? White Supremacy has gone long past Black gun rights and rural land ownership. Black people have been facing all kinds of terrorism from the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln’s assassination, and President Andrew Johnson’s time in the office.

Other than this, we can’t forget about the approximated 4,000 lynchings that occurred somewhere between 1877 and 1950. We even know about the Great Migration and how Black people had ‘decided’ to move for better opportunities in the North.

Such events played a major part to bring about interpersonal and structural violence. How could the next step not by a White supremacist colonial state?

Can We Have a Conversation About This?

While Black gun rights have been a huge no-no in the Black community itself, do you believe that racial hostility will allow for a narrative to awaken for Black hunters? Well, some Black hunters have written that they don’t hunt in public lands because White men with guns make them severely nervous. That should tell a person where things stand when it comes to racial equality in the country.

The only thing Black hunters can do is voice their opinions when they are given the spotlight in discussions about hunting.

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