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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US 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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English 3 20 February 2013 Just Walk on By: Black Man in Public Space Brent Staples‚ author of “Just Walk on By: Black Man in Public Space.” discusses when the white woman he comes across one day late at night was constantly turning back as if she feared him for the way he looked. Brent highlights racism that has occurred to him during the 1970s. This encounter happened in an impoverished part of Chicago; he describes himself as a “youngish black man--a broad six feet two inches with a beard
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The article I have chosen “ A Brother’s Murder” is by Brent Staples. I have chose this article because it is a moving subject. This article is about the day a brother looks back on this day happening to be the day he received the news of his brother’s death. This article starts off as a memory of this day and explains what happened and some of the things the brother was dealing with. “ It has been more than two years since my telephone rang with the news that my younger brother Blake just twenty-two
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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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Juan Lopez R. Fitzgerald GEW 101 02 March 2017 Title of Paper Journalist‚ Brent Staples‚ in his narrative essay‚ “Just Walk on By: Black Man and Public Space” narrates a series of events when he was growing up. Staples purpose is to tell personal stories in chronological order of how he was viewed by society. Other people convey the idea of a black man as a dangerous man in society. By the work of other people stereotypes. He adopts a fearful but apathetic tone in order to appeal to what he is feeling
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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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After the reading the text “Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” by Brent Staples‚ the reader becomes immersed in the thought of the ways other people in society alter public space and the way they use that power. For instance‚ a student that comes into class with their headphones in their ears‚ listening to music at full blast where anyone can hear in a small‚ four-wall classroom. Yes‚ it is disruptive to the class; however‚ there are probable reasons to why that
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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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the 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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