Summary Of Just Walk On By Brent Staples
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 color and the way he looks to others tend to play in the role. He stresses about the fact that African Americans, can’t all be the same with the same intentions and wants the readers to know that as well. Staples puts emotion as he begins his text
by implying that he was pursuing his “first victim”. He does this scenario as well as using those words on purpose to the readers beforehand to indicate that he is about to commit a crime, making the readers feel remorseful for the “victim.” However, after understanding that she was not the victim at all, but a hoax to make us believe it was her, we the readers see the true victim as the one who is telling the story. Staples begins his first instance by remembering that one night in Chicago. A young white woman misinterprets Staples of being a thug. She noticing him and gradually starts walking faster to the point where she runs away from him, leaving him with a discomfited feeling. Not too long after that incident, he becomes aware of what others think of him. He starts to create up negativity of being dangerous and feels he could be wronged just as easily by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Later Staples moves to New York, were he proceeds that the more colonized the streets are reduces the chance of stereotypical encounters.
by implying that he was pursuing his “first victim”. He does this scenario as well as using those words on purpose to the readers beforehand to indicate that he is about to commit a crime, making the readers feel remorseful for the “victim.” However, after understanding that she was not the victim at all, but a hoax to make us believe it was her, we the readers see the true victim as the one who is telling the story. Staples begins his first instance by remembering that one night in Chicago. A young white woman misinterprets Staples of being a thug. She noticing him and gradually starts walking faster to the point where she runs away from him, leaving him with a discomfited feeling. Not too long after that incident, he becomes aware of what others think of him. He starts to create up negativity of being dangerous and feels he could be wronged just as easily by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Later Staples moves to New York, were he proceeds that the more colonized the streets are reduces the chance of stereotypical encounters.