Students of color are responding to threats of gun violence in ways White students don’t. Spring Arehart doesn’t think about school shootings while walking around campus. That that needs to be said is troubling, actually. But it is true that the Hispanic music lover has chosen not to go to some concerts and festivals, out of concerns for her safety. “I don’t think I’m going to be personally targeted,” the University of Arizona graduate student says. “But if my chances in a mass shooting were one in 50 of being shot, I wouldn’t want to risk being that one.” Arehart isn’t the only one concerned. A new survey of almost 5,000 undergraduates found that more than six in 10 students — 62 percent — worry a mass shooting could happen at their school. What’s more, nearly half of Hispanic, African American and Asian students are likely to avoid crowded places or go out less often in order to feel safer, compared to just 34 percent of White students. | 