A review by tjh14850
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell

4.0

This book seemed very similar to Blink. In that book, Gladwell talked about people's snap judgements (and how they could be prone to error). In this one, Gladwell talks about the problem of how people's biases mess up things that should appear obvious and can be severely missed. Many examples are given but like Blink, the presentation is not balanced and no counter examples are presented. Nonetheless, it is an interesting read and is connected to a lot of the problems seen when routine traffic stops end badly, especially for BIPOC individuals.