Analysis Of We Won T Budge

A critical review of We Won’t Budge by Manthia Diawara (2500-3000 words)

We won’t budge is an autobiography by Manthia Diawara which was published in 2003. This book contains the author’s own life experiences in his home country as well as in both France and America where the he goes on to include how his fellow immigrants were mistreated and struggled to establish themselves in the new countries. Manthia Diawara argues that most mistreatments faced by immigrants like himself had much to do with racism rather than just being immigrants. Racism “Paul Berg’s Dictionary of New Words in

English, published in 1953 can be defined as the theory that certain

Races are superior to others by virtue of their inherited racial qualities”. This paper

Amadou Diallo was returning to his residence when he met his fate. Diallo just like many others had gone to America in search of greener pastures since there were minimal opportunities available to stay in home countries. The youth viewed America and Europe as a place of endless opportunities like work and school. Once in America, all the blacks were categorized in one group, Diawara, (9) in the introduction. This led to the shooting of Amadou Diallo who was falsely thought to be a black American by the police. Diawara’s report on the tragedy “Homeboy Cosmopolitan” had no newspaper willing to publish it, Diawara, (8) in the introduction. The death of Amadou Diallo shows ill treatments of African American and portrays negative effects attached to opportunities in America where it was assumed to be the dreamland, Diawara, (9) in the introduction. Diallo’s death was not the only incident where the members of New York Police Department unjustly treated an immigrant. A Haitian-American by the name of Abner Louima was ruthlessly raped, Diawara, (9) in the