Just Walk On By In 1986‚ a 35 year old Brent Staples published Black Men and Public Spaces in Ms. Magazine. Through several personal experiences and analysis he discusses the causes and effects of the dangerous perception of black men. Displaying both perspectives of a white peoples’ fears‚ and a black man’s reaction‚ his essay opened the discussion for greater understanding. More importantly he reveals the mutual danger when “fear and weapons meet and they often do in urban America”‚ the “possibility
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essay “Black Men and Public Spaces‚” written by Brent Staples‚ reflects the experiences‚ beliefs‚ and understandings of the reader through the use of chronological sense of organization‚ tone‚ and detail to prove how racial stereotypes force a change in one’s behavior‚ that can end up altering society’s perception of an individual. The chronological organization of this piece moves from confused to reflecting to understanding as the author reflects back onto his past. In the beginning‚ the man encountered
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Kitchen” and Brent Staples “Just Walk By: Black Men In A Public Space” is to bring attention to the way society has formed stereotypes based on gender and race. Even though each piece
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Black Men and Public Space How did Staples become aware of racial profiling and its consequences? In Brent Staples essay‚ “Black Men and Public Space‚” Staples expresses the difficulties African Americans face in society. Through specific style and detailed description of imagery‚ Staples takes his experience throughout his life where he was negatively stereotyped as “a mugger‚ a rapist‚ or worse”. His lifelong exposure to this matter taught him to take precaution in the people he encounters and
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In Brent Staples story‚ "Just Walk on By"‚ the author underlines how black men are casualties of discrimination. First‚ he recalls his realization of how much his presence terrified other people‚ essentially a white woman‚ when he used to go out for strolls during the evening around the town. In spite of the fact that he understand that the world is seen to be progressively brutal and hazardous‚ he feels disappointed that African-American guys‚ particularly‚ are as yet being judged and misconstrued
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1 11 September 2013 Deepening the essay “Just walk on by” by Brent Staples In the front part of the essay “ Just walk on by”‚ Brent tells a few little stories which are talking about how bad racism is hurting him. He is hurting for racism as a child‚ as an adult‚ as a student and as a journalist. People are giving a mark of bad people on him. However‚ in the last paragraph‚ he “whistles melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi....” (qtd. in Brent) and “Even steely New Yorkers hunching toward
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In “Just Walk on By” the author‚ Brent Staples‚ uses his real life experiences and gives a great explanation to how the blacks were mistreated during his lifetime. The stories that he tells in this article take place during the center of the Civil Rights Movement. He gives us several stories in this article of situations that he was put in. The first paragraph of his article really grabs the reader’s attention. He starts off with “My first victim was a woman white‚ well-dressed probably in her early
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world has a type of symbol attached to them. Brent Staples‚ author of “Just Walk on By‚” addresses this topic through his own personal experiences. Staples builds his persona through the use of rhetorical devices such as imagery and personal anecdotes. Additionally‚ the author uses pathos to further his message and express his thoughts on the interpretation of symbols in today’s world. Through his establishment of a persona and pathos‚ Staples shows his audience how people judge at a single glance
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Brent Staples’s “Just walk on by” was written to clarify how African-Americans like Staples go through stereotypes when in actually reality‚ shouldn’t be prejudged in the first place. He reminisces being perceived as dangerous just because of his skin color‚ and how this situation puts himself in endangerment. Staples arguers that people shouldn’t be so judgmentally and should get to know the person by the actions. He not only makes statements all through the text‚ but gives incidents of how his
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“Just Walk On By‚” by Brent Staples describes his life as an African American that is criticized and judged by the appearance the he reflects. He talks about the many different times in his life he experiences these act of racial profiling‚ and what he does to resolve these acts of discrimination. Through his passive calm tone he displays throughout his essay‚ he comes up with ways in which he changes him self in order for society to accept him. However‚ this is just one of many life stories that
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