Did Race Play A Part In Isla Vista Rampage?

Did Race Also Played A Part In Isla Vista Shooting?
A passerby pays his respects at a makeshift memorial in front of the IV Deli Mart, Sunday, May 25, 2014, the scene of a drive-by shooting Friday in the Isla Vista area near Goleta, Calif. Calif. Sheriff's officials said Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara, stabbing three people to death at his apartment before shooting and killing three more in a crime spree through a nearby neighborhood. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A passerby pays his respects at a makeshift memorial in front of the IV Deli Mart, Sunday, May 25, 2014, the scene of a drive-by shooting Friday in the Isla Vista area near Goleta, Calif. Calif. Sheriff's officials said Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara, stabbing three people to death at his apartment before shooting and killing three more in a crime spree through a nearby neighborhood. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Misogyny played a huge role in the Isla Vista shootings this past Friday night but so did race, say sociologists Michael Kimmel and Cliff Leek. Citing 22-year-old Elliot Rodger’s 140-page manifesto (not linking), Kimmel and Leek flag Rodger’s feelings towards men of color calling his, “a voice of white male aggrieved entitlement.”

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