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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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It is a complex, multi-layered account of the subject. Rich in details, complex and yet exciting and readable.
Published on November 4, 2006 by M. Salahuddin
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Regarding Rodney King's robbing a Korean store with a tire iron, the author says, "perhaps it was the need for money, perhaps it was the stress, perhaps it was the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness over his lack of options". After King gets away in his car, the Korean owner is able to get the license number so King can get arrested. The author says King was just...
Published on November 13, 2004 by Homer Simpson
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Questionable language,
By Homer Simpson "DOH!" (Springfield) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided (Paperback)
Regarding Rodney King's robbing a Korean store with a tire iron, the author says, "perhaps it was the need for money, perhaps it was the stress, perhaps it was the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness over his lack of options". After King gets away in his car, the Korean owner is able to get the license number so King can get arrested. The author says King was just "luckless as usual".I like the way she distances King's motives from his own self by using the article "the" instead of "his" to describe greed, stress, and helplessness/hopeless. Subtle, but telling. And damn that Korean store owner for giving Rodney bad luck yet again! I mean, hey, doesn't he appreciate that King just hit him with a tire iron and didn't shoot his ass? He ought to have been more grateful and given Rodney a pass I guess? Maybe it's just me, but this king of language is offensive. WHO IS THE VICTIM IN THIS ROBBERY?!
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This review is from: Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided (Paperback)
It is a complex, multi-layered account of the subject. Rich in details, complex and yet exciting and readable.
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Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs (Paperback - September 18, 1996)
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