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Model Minority
The second novella from the collection Radicalized. Available on Overdrive as a solo piece.
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Cory Doctorow
260 books5,900 followersCory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger — the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the YA graphic novel In Real Life, the nonfiction business book Information Doesn’t Want To Be Free, and young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and
Little Brother
and novels for adults like
Rapture Of The Nerds
and Makers. He is a Fellow for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles.
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June 13, 2024
This is a novella about America apparently in the modern age. They have all sorts of technology, but they also have a superhero named American Eagle. One day he is flying around and sees a case of police brutality. A cop beats up a Black man and breaks his leg after pulling him out of his car.
For some reason, even though American Eagle has been on Earth and fought for "the American Way" for a long long time, he has never gotten involved in brutality of cops against minories before although he has aware of things going back to Emmit Till. Suddenly he does.
His best friend, or at least someone that has fought by his side tells him he is getting involved in something he should, but he does anyway. This guy, the friend, has the name Wayne, who immediately reminded me of the Batman series.
Anyway, the victim of the beating rallies and takes the fight over,and asks American Eagle why he waited so very long to notice the abuse being handed out in the cities of America.
I liked the story, and it seems that Cory Doctorow has a interest in the racism that has been around so long in the United States...even while we claim to fight for human rights in other countries. I recommend the book to those who want to entertain the question of why that is and get a close look at the reality.
For some reason, even though American Eagle has been on Earth and fought for "the American Way" for a long long time, he has never gotten involved in brutality of cops against minories before although he has aware of things going back to Emmit Till. Suddenly he does.
His best friend, or at least someone that has fought by his side tells him he is getting involved in something he should, but he does anyway. This guy, the friend, has the name Wayne, who immediately reminded me of the Batman series.
Anyway, the victim of the beating rallies and takes the fight over,and asks American Eagle why he waited so very long to notice the abuse being handed out in the cities of America.
I liked the story, and it seems that Cory Doctorow has a interest in the racism that has been around so long in the United States...even while we claim to fight for human rights in other countries. I recommend the book to those who want to entertain the question of why that is and get a close look at the reality.
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