Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, in collaboration with the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), will host a book talk with investigative journalist Patricia Evangelista. Evangelista will discuss her new book, “Some People Need Killing”: A Memoir of Murder in My Country.
Date: Wednesday, November 8th
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Venue: NYU Pless Lobby Lounge | 82 Washington Square E (enter via Washington Place)
“Some People Need Killing” is Evangelista’s meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines’ drug war and its president, Rodrigo Duterte’s assault on his country’s struggling democracy. For six years, Evangelista had the distinctive beat of chronicling the killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of Duterte’s war on drugs – a campaign that has led to the slaughter of thousands – immersing herself in a world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of fear created when a democratically-elected president decides that some lives are without worth. The book takes its title from a vigilante, whose words reflect the psychological accommodation that many in the country have made: “I’m really not a bad guy,” he said. “I’m not all bad. Some people need killing.”
The event is in person only. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please note that seating is limited.
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