Analysis Of Black Men And Public Space By Brent Staples

The thesis of Brent Staples written piece, “ Black Men And Public Space” to me states that in America for a long time, we as black men had to deal with racial issues for a long time in this nations most disgraceful time period, slavery. Feeling like a criminal all the time is not a good feeling, as he stated, a white woman made him feel as if he was a mugger or a rapist and “that being perceived as dangerous is a hazard in itself”. This is a chapter in America’s history I know they wished never happened. Staples learned he was a threat to many people by just walking down the street. Many whites would cross the street if a colored or feared person was walking down the opposite direction. Racism is fear. People fear the most things they