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...from Spain. Instead I was extradited to Colombia, where I was tried on the basis of a file submitted by the American government, with evidence it presented, and with witnesses brought from the U.S. to testify against me. I was acquitted first by a judge and then by the superior court of Cali...
Many Hispanics and blacks do poorly on certain tests, and this provides plausibly objective support for such ideas. Yet even before ability tests existed, society assumed that whites were an intellectually and morally superior race. Such a presumption is, in effect, a white American's birthright. Minorities face a society convinced that they are less fit, unless proved otherwise. As a result, even for the most talented nonwhites, the standard for advancement and access is different from that for whites -- so- called quota programs notwithstanding. If management is predisposed to doubt the qualifications of minority applicants, ways will be found...
Brazzaville Beach can be enjoyed as a superior suspense yarn: Will our heroine, who is no crusader but merely following scientific principles, prevail against the murderous plots of an evil genius defending his golden poppycock eggs? In fact that statement can be made without condescension, because swift and artful pacing is the novel's strongest quality. With his five earlier books, Boyd, 39, has gained an enviable reputation as an intellectual who wears his learning lightly, when he does not toss it aside completely. Stars and Bars was a smart send-up of both British and American roads to corruption...
...over you. It's unbelievable. In the Mob, you've got friends; you belong to an army, something that is so powerful. You're with the elite. Your word is law, you're like the judge and jury. Anything you say is final. You feel that you're so superior and that you're chosen. I had 100 to 150 guys with me: bookmakers, loan sharks, drug dealers, union guys, politicians, doctors. There was nothing we couldn't penetrate. We had the sports-betting business, the numbers, loan- sharking, the shakedown business, union kickbacks. But, you know, it really wasn...
This farcical behavior by otherwise estimable and talented people can be explained quite simply. All literary prizes -- deeming apple A superior to orange B -- are more or less successful struggles with absurdity. The Turner awards were manifestly off the wall from their inception...