During the segment, Glaude called out the alleged "toxic masculinity at the heart" of America’s "gun culture."
WATCH: Princeton Professor Criticizes ‘Toxic Masculinity’ At The Heart Of ‘Our Ongoing Obsession With Guns’
Part of when we begin to kind of interrogate what's driving this, what's blocking the conversation, and what's driving our ongoing obsession with guns, it has something to do with the complicity of politicians, right?
... It has something to do with the cowardice of everyday, ordinary folk. But it also has something to do with culture...and this is the point that we really have to think about. There's a kind of toxic masculinity at the heart of this gun – this gun culture, rooted in a myth about who we take ourselves to be. Americans – rugged individualism. The government is not going to protect you; we can protect ourselves, right?
... It has something to do with the cowardice of everyday, ordinary folk. But it also has something to do with culture...and this is the point that we really have to think about. There's a kind of toxic masculinity at the heart of this gun – this gun culture, rooted in a myth about who we take ourselves to be. Americans – rugged individualism. The government is not going to protect you; we can protect ourselves, right?
WATCH: Princeton Professor Criticizes ‘Toxic Masculinity’ At The Heart Of ‘Our Ongoing Obsession With Guns’