On Malcolm Gladwell.I've been a subscriber to Black Issue Book Review for several years. 1 generally enjoy the magazine. But Angela Ard's article about English writer Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell (born September 1, 1963) is a United Kingdom-born, Canadian-raised journalist now based in New York City who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. , "In the Twinkling of an Eye" (July-August 2005), forced me to write a response. First, it's hard for me to believe that any self-respecting black writer, regardless of his or her identification with American--style racism and police brutality Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers and other law enforcement officers. The term may also be used to apply to such behavior when used by prison officers. , can look at a case like the Amadou Diallo Amadou Bailo Diallo (September 2, 1975 – February 4, 1999) was a 23-year-old immigrant to the United States from Guinea, who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999, by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers; Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon murder and feel sympathy for policemen who riddled an unarmed man with more than 41 bullet holes. Based on this statement alone, Mr. Gladwell, despite having two books on The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times best-seller list, is anything but "deep." He may write great nonfiction, but he is sadly lacking in an understanding of the anti-black racism and violence that is and has been a tragic part of American culture. Maybe six months to a year of reading some authentic black fiction about the urban experience would open his eyes and spirit to what members of the African Diaspora The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. have experienced in police states the length and breadth of the globe. --Larry Hightower Detroit, Mich. |
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