reading. When Brent Staples‚ chronicled the events of his life throughout the reading was not only smart but well organized. 2. What is the author’s main claim? How does the author try to convince the reader? What facts and examples are used? Are they effective? Why/why not? Brent Staples‚ perception of race‚gender and class in the United States. Brent Staples‚ article stated “As you read‚ think about why Staples chose the new title‚ “Black Men and Public Places”. Brent Staples‚ gives dates with
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The thesis of Brent Staples written piece‚ “ Black Men And Public Space” to me states that in America for a long time‚ we as black men had to deal with racial issues for a long time in this nations most disgraceful time period‚ slavery. Feeling like a criminal all the time is not a good feeling‚ as he stated‚ a white woman made him feel as if he was a mugger or a rapist and “that being perceived as dangerous is a hazard in itself”. This is a chapter in America’s history I know they wished never happened
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In “Black Men and Public Space” Brent Staples utilizes anecdotes or stories as a literary technique to convey by prejudice affected him in his career and as a person in his everyday life. Early on in his anecdote‚ he sets the scene and utilizes descriptive language to evokes a feeling or nervousness and uncertainty from the reader. However‚ he also creates a situation where the reader feels compassion for him. It is evident that women and men pre-judged him based on his race. Although not everyone
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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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In his article “Black Men and Public Space‚” Brent Staples argues that people change their behaviors due to their assumptions when a Black man is present and I agree with Brent Staples.For instance‚ when Brent Staples was going to work the security called on him” One day‚ rushing into the office of a magazine I was writing for a deadline story in hand‚ I was mistaken for a burglar.”(paragraph 8) I have experienced this before‚ when I and my aunt went to go get some food there was an African American
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From Time Welcome to Cyberspace: What is it? Where is it? And How Do We Get There? By Philip Elmer-DeWitt It started‚ as the big ideas in technology often do‚ with a science-fiction writer. William Gibson‚ a young expatriate American living in Canada‚ was wandering past the video arcades on Vancouver’s Granville Street in the early 1980’s when something about the way the players were hunched over their glowing screens struck him as odd. “I could see in the physical intensity of their
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Brent Staples clearly doesn’t like being seen as a threat to people. He seems to know why people feel this way about him‚ but wishes that they wouldn’t. I think it depresses him to think about it. He calls these run-ins with people "the language of fear." I think this very accurately describes how the people communicate with staples when they see him. The people who switch sides of the street so they don’t have to pass him‚ and the woman who got her red Doberman out when he came in to her store are
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research is showing that the heavy use of cyberspace is isolating people form the world around them. Knowing that adolescents are spending a great deal of their time in cyberspace‚ this article will examine the things they miss when they are left to grow up in it. Leaving Adolescents Grow Up in Cyberspace The question on whether leaving adolescents grow up in cyberspace is beneficial or not has long been controversial. When a lot agree that cyberspace has made their life easier‚ many others
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decade of reality TV‚ online shopping‚ cell phones‚ tablets‚ and more inappropriate movies and music. Some comparable aspects of both generations include technology‚ TV shows‚ and music. In my opinion the 90’s comes out on top as a better time to grow up in. The technology of the 90’s was much more simpler and not as relied upon as in the 2010s. Cell phones were introduced in the 90’s and were very big and clunky‚ only a few percent of people used them so you wouldn’t see people glued to their phones
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resulting in her neck growing to absurd lengths. These constant fluctuations exemplify the way a child may feel as his or her body develops and changes during puberty. We have all been there: the unfortunate acne‚ the voice cracks‚ as well as a handful of other unexpected changes. It is something that we are all forced to endure at some point in our lives. Something a little bit more obscure that encompasses this adolescence is the misconception that physically growing up is the same thing as
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