In the article Black Men and Public Spaces‚ Brent Staples uses the persuasive appeals of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos to prove to the audience that he‚ and many other black men can be victimized solely due to being falsely perceived as a threat. He manipulates logos by the experience he has faced through stories‚ Staples manages to prove his credibility by ethos and prove that he can be falsely judged and use pathos to make the audience feel pity and sorrow for him and other black men who are profiled
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Brent Staples’ A Brother’s Murder A belief I feel very strongly about proposes that all problems faced by our society have solutions. If this belief is true‚ why do problems still face us today? The answer could be a result of either laziness by the people in our society in finding these solutions or just the fact that there are too many problems to solve. Maybe this belief I have is too far out of reach to be true. On the other hand‚ Brent Staples‚ a well-respected writer‚ seems to share this
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What can we learn when we journey through life? Journeys and experiences can help us evolve to overcome fears‚ losses‚ and help gain wisdom. Experiences that were gained through life and journeys were written in the story "Volar" by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail‚ and the poem “12 (From ‘Gitanjali)”. In “Valor” the narrator dreams of herself being a superhero in the world she wishes to break free from her real-life limitations. The narrator learned and went
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always the case for every camp around the world. (BS-1) Staples describes how refugees have many conflicts in the novel and it is then proven to be true in the article Refugee Camps. (BS-2) The novel shows how living in a refugee camp can affect how a girl will reunite with her brother and father. (BS-3) The author also uses details that are true and describes how Najmah must be protected from danger as a refugee. (TS) Suzanne Fisher Staples uses accurate details about refugees which helps create
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appear in a variety of ways‚ both good and bad‚ based on how we look whether it because of our clothes and shoes all the way to the race we are as a human being. Brent Staples essay “Black Men and Public Spaces” represents this idea yet it shows the highly negative aspect of how someone responds to who we are. In his case though‚ Staples explains the prejudice side of human nature when they see someone due to our look. He explains of the first time he had an experience with racial segregation he faces
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earth if you can’t accept another person there is nowhere for you or the other person to go. So then you each must accept one another. I believe that we should accept one another. In the short story "Just Walk On By" there is a black male named Brent Staples who was thought to be a mugger‚ a rapist or worse. People only judged him by his appearance that something as humans we should change. If we were to talk to him we would know that he is a well educated man and everyone want to accept someone that
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s short story “Volar‚” a girl who is a huge fan of comic books dreams of being a Superhero but realizes her reality. Whether a child or an adult‚ most of us have our dreams; however‚ not all wishes become true. The narrator‚ the girl‚ begins her story describing how much she loves comic books such as Legion of SuperHeroes and Supergirl so much that a pile of her books is high as she is. She smoothly continues with her repeated dream in which Cofer vividly conveys the image that
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“Alter public space” means the thinking way of human brains about the public place and changes the reality of what it meant to what is in their thoughts. In the essay “Black men and Public Space” Brent Staples shared his personal experiences and feelings about how people react and feel when they met him in public places. He explained that when people met black men in public places people (mostly women) were scared of them and looked for ways and means to escape from them. Stereotyping of black
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female - hammering down the door locks(Staples 34).” Throughout the whole essay‚ Staples gives different examples of how society views him as a menace without even actually knowing him. A lot of the people he encounters are quick to judge him‚ mainly because of the color of his skin. He touches on the point that it’s a little unfair that he gets judged like this because he’s not the guy street walkers think he is. This quote is the prime example of the essay‚ showing that even though the so called
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Prompt 4 “At dark‚ shadowy intersections‚ I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk of the driver - black‚ white‚ male‚ or female - hammering down the door locks.” Throughout the whole essay‚ Staples gives different examples of how society views him as a menace without even actually knowing him. A lot of the people he encounters are quick to judge him‚ mainly because of the color of his skin. He touches on the point that it’s a little unfair
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