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    Staples has many accurate statements in his story “Just Walk On By” that talks mainly about race or the color of one’s skin. He speaks about “current controversies surrounding racial profiling of criminals suspects” (Staples. 196). This means many people are investigated‚ they would stand for the color of their skin‚ ethnicity‚ and national origin. I have been put under the profiling category because of the color of my skin. Although people with black skin have a higher chance of getting profiled

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    A 23 February 2015 Black Lies and the White Little Truth: An Interpretive Thematic Analysis on Brent Staples’s “Black Men and Public Space” In his essay titled “Black Men and Public Space‚” journalist and editorial writer for the New York Times‚ Brent Staples writes about his time residing in Chicago as a college graduate student and the conflicts he faced with the public. His essay reveals how the presence of black men represents the stereotypical misconception that the public has about them even

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    Real Victims of Sterotyping The name of the story is Black Men and Public Spaces. It was written by Brent Staples in 1986. Brent Staples is a black man who whenever in public is met with fear from others because of his race’s stereotype. Feeling like a potential perpetrator can be just as unnerving as feeling like a potential victim. Staples has the ability to alter public space by his physical behavior‚ his dress and his verbal reaction. Black men have a reputation of being rapist‚ murders and gang

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    everyone has a special power to alter public space‚ but if you were different from your surrounding‚ then you would probably have a very good sense about what I am talking about. In "Black … Space"‚ Brent Staples claims that he is black man who whenever in public is meet with fear from his surrounding because of his races stereotype. He clearly points out one can easily change physical behavior and dressing in order to alter public space in a good way or bad way. As Staples says‚ Black men have a very

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    Through Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif” and Brent Staples’ essay “Black Men and Public Spaces”‚ we see the similar topics of nonverbal communication and stereotypes. Through his use of a cowbell metaphor‚ and her use of handshake imagery Staples and Morrison explore the theme that nonverbal communication and stereotypes can affect how people act and are viewed in society. After living in New York for a few years‚ Staples learned to take precautions‚ so as not to seem threatening. He would

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    giving rise to things such as prejudice. In Brent Staples essay “Black Men and Public Space” this is clearly shown by the authors own experiences of antipathy and hostility towards him caused by his own self. In “Black Men and Public Space”‚ Brent Staples begins by coming to the realization of the way he’d be viewed for the rest of his life. He describes feelings of uneasiness towards his newfound self-image. It all came to him one evening in an ally where his tall frame walked behind a young woman

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    The Black Lives Matter movement is exceptionally justified because black people are judged by looks‚ not by personality. Black Lives Matter is a prevailing protest that has taken over everywhere. Brent Staple in “Black men and Public space”‚ he talks how he was basically trying to live a normal life but couldn’t because of his skin want like everyone else‚ he is trying to tell everyone who is or isn’t black now black people can’t really live a typical life as white people. In the story Staples talks

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    Black Men and Public Space Tyrone a young black man‚ born and raised in the South Bronx‚ wanted nothing but the best to succeed for his future. A straight A student in college. Never once in trouble with the law‚ was wrongfully accused of murder. Tyrone was minding his business walking to his local bodega‚ when this innocent lady was robbed and stabbed to death right in front of him. The black man who committed the crime fled the scene. Tyrone was there when this all happened. The

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    Staples’ “Black Men and Public Spaces” Strays Only Slightly Brent Staples’ “Black Men and Public Spaces” narrative is about his realization of the fear that black men instill in persons of non color and his attempts at lessening that fear. Staples’ essay begins him recalling a time where a white woman ran from him simply because he was black. He continues to explain that his intentions weren’t to cause her harm but had just happened to be walking behind her

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    reflective essay “Black Men and Public Spaces” by Brent Staples‚ argues about the author’s personal struggles for being a black man‚ in his twenties‚ in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Brent Staples was born and raised in Chester‚ Pennsylvania but he finished his studies and began working as a journalist in Chicago and New York City. Staples writes about some stories that gradually led him to realize over the fear of being judged by his race. In “Black Men and Public Spaces”‚ Staples let us become aware

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