历史学家Heather Ann Thompson将1984年伯尼·戈茨地铁枪击事件与白怒上升联系起来,塑造美国对自卫和种族的态度。 Historian Heather Ann Thompson links the 1984 Bernie Goetz subway shooting to rising white rage, shaping U.S. attitudes on self-defense and race.

普利策奖得主历史学家希瑟·安·汤普森在其2023年出版的《恐惧与愤怒》一书中，追溯了1984年伯尼·戈茨地铁枪击案与美国白人愤怒的更广泛兴起联系起来，并将其与罗纳德·里根充满种族色彩的言论和政治象征联系起来。 In her 2023 book *Fear and Fury*, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Heather Ann Thompson traces the 1984 Bernie Goetz subway shooting to the broader rise of white rage in America, linking it to Ronald Reagan’s racially charged rhetoric and political symbolism. 她认为这起事件已成为白暴力正常化的一个转折点,影响后来的事件,如Kyle Rittenhouse案和Charlottsville案,以及帮助推进“站住脚下”法律。 She argues the incident became a turning point in normalizing white violence, influencing later events like the Kyle Rittenhouse and Charlottesville cases, and helping advance Stand Your Ground laws. Thompson强调媒体、政治人物和机构如何塑造公众观念, 使自卫主张合法化, Thompson highlights how media, political figures, and institutions shaped public perception, legitimizing self-defense claims and fueling racialized anger among white working-class Americans.