A very long article but worth the read. My apologies if this article was previously posted.
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/a ... 206fa_fact
TROUBLEMAKERS
What pit bulls can teach us about profiling.
by MALCOLM GLADWELL
Issue of 2006-02-06
Posted 2006-01-30
One afternoon last February, Guy Clairoux picked up his two-and-a half-year-old son, Jayden, from day care and walked him back to their house in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario. They were almost home. Jayden was straggling behind, and, as his father’s back was turned, a pit bull jumped over a back-yard fence and lunged at Jayden. “The dog had his head in its mouth and started to do this shake,â€