Raven Pitchford Chad Poovey English 112 5 Februaury 2013 Black Men and Public Space In his essay, Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Stables a black man who whenever went somewhere, was a big frighten to the people in his surrounding areas. His essay tells how many people assumed that every black was dangerous. Being judge for the skin tone make people feel uncomfortable to be around the next race. Brent talks about being stereotyped, his childhood, and precautions. Brent catches the
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Black Men and Public Spaces In Black Men and Public Spaces,” Brent Staples is a black man who whenever in public is met with fear from “others because of his race's stereotype. 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 members how to change his perception or level of threat to others. He accomplishes this by his physical behavior. In his essay “Black Men and Public
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Black Men and Public Spaces by Brent Staples (1986) My first victim was a woman – white, well dressed, probably in her early twenties. I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park, a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean, impoverished section of Chicago. As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us. Not so. She cast back a worried glance. To her, the youngish black man – a broad six feet two inches
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The narrator, in Brent Staples' Black Men and Public Spaces, finds himself bothered by the fear response that he invokes in others. He attributes this response to his being black. He too though shows himself to get caught up in the fear of stereotypes, attributing their response to his skin color and failing to see the natural fear response that is evoked in people when they are in a situation that is unfamiliar to them, and through conditioning, perceive it to be threatening to their fundamental
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that a group of people have the same characteristics. In Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples, we see how Brent was tested. He was tested a few times because of the color of his skin and the time of hour it was with the location playing a role in how the White women treated him; being a Black man in the streets of an impoverished section in Chicago affected how he was viewed. Being from Brooklyn I get stereotype all day when taking public transportation. One would think that being from one of
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feel uncomfortable and out of place. The essays “Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples and “Celebrating Nerdiness” by Tom Rogers both show us how the stereotypes we label each other with can affect the people around us. Stereotypes can be very hurtful and misleading. In the essay written by Brent Staples, the author shows us how difficult it is to be a black man in New York City at night. The preconceived notions associated with black men lead people, predominately women, to mistake the
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Staples compounds one example after the next as evidence of this discrimination. He argues that the perception other people have of him is premised on a negative view society has of young black men in general. In this case, people are using an incomplete story, what limited knowledge they have about a certain ethnicity, to actively judge people of that ethnicity. Applying Adichie’s idea of a “single story” to Staples’ essay helps the reader
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The essay “Black Men and Public Space” written by Brent Staples and Clinton Smith’s Ted talk: “Black Lives Matter” movement is justified. Black lives do matter and White Americans should not see black people as a threat just because of their color. In Staple’s essay, he states that he was seen as threat to the people around him, in this case a young white woman. He walks one night, on the streets and this white woman “picks up her pace and was soon running” after she saw she was being “followed”
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can "dream alike" the herd. However, being a part of the herd makes you not alone in your life and in your dreams. Brent Staples, the author of the essay "Black Men in Public Spaces", suggests that being in your own skin is not so conformable because of unconscious prejudice and stereotyping that still exist. Additionally, an episode from Black-ish, "The Name Game", portrays that society still beholds bias and
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an entirely color blind society is still in the process. Black History Month is a time to celebrate how far African Americans have come, but also a time to realize how much further they need to go. Hindrances, such as racial slurs and acknowledged discrimination, are part of the huge race problem still present in America. The result of this is that black men are more at risk to suffer injustices, specifically regarding police brutality. Black males are physically handled harsher, killed at a much higher
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