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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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    In a society as culturally diverse as the one we live in‚ you would think that people would learn to be more 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

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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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    Dylan Cruz English12/23/11 Black Men and Public Space In ³Black Men and Public Space´‚ Brent Staples writes about how he was treateddifferently at various times due to being African ± American. Staples uses exposition to helpshow the various times where people acted differently when they saw him all due to his race.From confrontations on the street to being confused for a robber as he was rushing to hand in anarticle for a magazine‚ it is clear that he is treated unfairly. Staples uses cause and

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    Luisa Zaragoza English 101 Black Men and Public Spaces Journal & Questions Questions on Meaning: 1. In “Black Men and Public Spaces‚” Brent Staples the author‚ claims how he uncomfortable and bothered of how others view him‚ due to the fact he is African American. I believe the purpose of this essay is for the readers to realize that stereotypes don’t always have to be real. What I mean by this is that‚ if you are black you are not always going to be dangerous‚ wearing baggy clothes

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    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 bad reputation

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    wrote about my dad’s run in with racism to Staples essay‚ one could say that they are both similar and different. In general‚ their situations were similar because both incidents involved some form of racism. Staples story and my dad’s story both took place in the 1980’s. However‚ I believe these types of racism are still very much alive. The difference between Staples situation and my dad’s was their responses and how they chose to handle their situations. My father’s story‚ I felt displayed courage

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    I just racially profiled an innocent person. That situation brought me to the realization of something that I‚ myself probably wouldn’t have ever thought of. I never sat down to think how an innocent black man would feel being avoided and even isolated from the crowd just because he is large and black. I imagined and almost felt his pain when I looked into his eyes‚ his sight was yelling at me as asking me why his physic characteristics would ever cause people such fear. As much as people

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    to look out for. Even though he recognizes that he does seem to have that appearance he knows who he is and feels it to be unjust because passing judgments are made about him on a day to day basis. In his essay “Black Men and Public Spaces”‚ he writes about society’s perception of a black man. Staples used another example where it strengthened an impacted his writing. While he was working as a journalist in Chicago a huge mistake was made. He was “…rushing late into the office of a magazine…with

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    What is the matter with today’s youth? I am referring to the way our young children parade themselves around in public‚ basically naked‚ flaunting their unmentionables. What is this world coming to; the old ways of being conservative and saving the rest for fantasy has flown out the window. For example‚ last week while at Wal-Mart I came across a group of peculiar young women one with a skirt so high there was no need to wear clothing‚ and the other completely ignored the outer layer of clothing

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