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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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. She proceeded
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realize he had the ability to “alter public space in ugly ways” (Staples‚ 135). He was walking during nighttime in Chicago when a woman noticed him behind her. She quickened her pace‚ eventually running off onto another street to avoid him. He didn’t realize he had that type of negative effect on people until the woman fled in fear. After that incident he began to notice it happened more often than not. People would lock their cars as he passed by. They would walk faster or cross streets to get
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11/3/2012 Black People Perceived In life they are some things that most people believe are right however‚ it does not is right‚ so a lot of people have problem with other ideas. Brent Staples in his essay gives us an example for this‚ some people have a problem with dark skin or any color unlike them self. Specifically the black man because they think he is a bad man and never talk with them. Additionally‚ some people think black people are murderers and use drugs.
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This 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
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Black Men and Public Space Essay In Brent Staples’ personal essay “Black Men and Public Space”‚ he tells the readers what happen to a young black man in an urban setting. He pinpointed that people often stereotype you because of color‚ race‚ gender‚ culture or appearance. In addition‚ the author expresses to us that he notices the space between him and other people‚ such as women on the street. Some people may disagree that women set a certain amount of space when walking by a black man on the
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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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Black Men and Public Space Brent Staples Brent Staples (b. 1951)‚ the oldest of nine children‚ was born in Chester‚ Pennsylvania. His father was a truck driver who lost his job along with 40‚000 other workers in the 1960s because of plant closings in the area. The family was reduced to poverty. Staples had never considered college until a college professor took an interest in him and encouraged him to apply to a program that recruited black students. He enrolled at Widener University (B.A. 1973)
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accepting of others. Nevertheless‚ there are still those who simply cannot. In his essay Black Men and Public Space‚ Brent Staples describes something that most young black men experience on more than one occasion in their lives. Being perceived as a criminal simply based on his "unwieldy inheritance"‚ the color of their skin. Staples recalls his experience as a 22-year-old graduate student away from home for the first time. His first "victim"‚ as he puts it‚ was a young white woman who practically runs
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BLACK MEN AND PUBLIC SPACES In “Black Men and Public Spaces” Brent Staples reveals his experiences with different individuos in all kind of public areas. Staples talk about how people stereotype black men as a violent and dangerous individuals because of their appearance and the color of their skin. In the past when black men was associated with the word murderer or thieves or rapist or all kind of bad things people were afraid on being next to them. When Staples started the story saying
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