Blink Essay
Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink presents a wealth of interesting information about humans and the way we think. Much of this information comes in discrete chunks, each the result of a different social science experiment. Many of these ideas are applicable to the rest of our lives. There are three main sections that have great meaning in this book, "Seven Second in the Bronx," the "Love Lab," and "Blink in Black and White." These sections show the true meaning of why the book Blink was written.
"Seven Seconds in the Bronx" is about a black man by the name of Diallo, standing on his porch. This man can't speak English, so he has trouble communicating with the police. Diallo was a innocent man who was confronted by four police officers. He reached in his pocket to grab his wallet and the cops thought he was reaching for a weapon. They fired fourty-one …show more content…
They need to understand the situation and what's at risk before taking deadly action. When your heartrateis up we make split second decisions that can be bad. The officers needed to take that extra second and make a more accurate assesment of the situation at hand.(Gladwell,193)
In this case of Diallo's shooting cops, need to take a second and try to communicate with there suspects. Diallo thought they were robbers because the police officers were undercover. Diallo ran, that's when the cops opened fire. Police need to take more things into consideration before taking deadly action.(Gladwell,191)
"Blink in Black and White" is about stereo-typing between human races, which is a big part of this story. The test gives you words and pictures, they are to connect the pictures and words to each race. Most people connect weapons and bad words with blacks. This is a very organized test called the IAT's. So people need to really assess before assuming blacks are
Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink presents a wealth of interesting information about humans and the way we think. Much of this information comes in discrete chunks, each the result of a different social science experiment. Many of these ideas are applicable to the rest of our lives. There are three main sections that have great meaning in this book, "Seven Second in the Bronx," the "Love Lab," and "Blink in Black and White." These sections show the true meaning of why the book Blink was written.
"Seven Seconds in the Bronx" is about a black man by the name of Diallo, standing on his porch. This man can't speak English, so he has trouble communicating with the police. Diallo was a innocent man who was confronted by four police officers. He reached in his pocket to grab his wallet and the cops thought he was reaching for a weapon. They fired fourty-one …show more content…
They need to understand the situation and what's at risk before taking deadly action. When your heartrateis up we make split second decisions that can be bad. The officers needed to take that extra second and make a more accurate assesment of the situation at hand.(Gladwell,193)
In this case of Diallo's shooting cops, need to take a second and try to communicate with there suspects. Diallo thought they were robbers because the police officers were undercover. Diallo ran, that's when the cops opened fire. Police need to take more things into consideration before taking deadly action.(Gladwell,191)
"Blink in Black and White" is about stereo-typing between human races, which is a big part of this story. The test gives you words and pictures, they are to connect the pictures and words to each race. Most people connect weapons and bad words with blacks. This is a very organized test called the IAT's. So people need to really assess before assuming blacks are