![]() ![]() ![]() Crucially, this extends beyond the particular issue of police brutality and into less severe manifestations of racism, such as the differential treatment of black students versus white students at Springfield High. For several of the characters, and particularly Quinn, the incident at Jerry’s serves as a wake-up call to the reality of racism in America. Fitzgerald’s stories about the civil rights movement indicate that police racism and brutality are not recent problems, but rather a long-lasting, substantial part of American history. ![]() The novel shows how the attack shocks and disturbs the town of Springfield, while also emphasizing that this incident is representative of a broader problem of racist police violence that affects the entire country. All American Boys is centered around an incident of police brutality: Paul Galluzzo’s violent arrest of Rashad at Jerry’s convenience store. ![]()
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