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    name Expos 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

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    Black Men Stereotypes

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    Many black male actors play the role of a ‘thug’ or another type of criminal in reality TV or movies. The amount of black men playing these roles creates the stereotype that black men are dangerous and more likely to participate in illegal activities. Nadra Nittle‚ a Race Relations Expert‚ says that “racial profiling make(s) black men targets of the authorities” (Nittle). Saying this‚ the young black men’s lives are now in jeopardy. Whenever a person

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    of the Student and the Public The presence of public space in a city is integral to the development of its citizens. Individuals can find themselves disconnected from their community when there are no areas in the city to intermingle. In “Brave New Neighborhoods‚” Margaret Kohn describes a public space as “a place that is owned by the government‚ accessible to everyone without restriction‚ and/or fosters communication and interaction” (11). Legacy Gardens is a public space located at the back entrance

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    Black Men in America I am writing about black men in America. Today’s black men have a struggle. They are struggling with colored men and stereo-type. The one thing about black men in America is that they are fighters. They won’t give up without a fight. They will try to prevail in anything that they want do. Black men in America are struggling with being colored. They have to be the best at all they do without imitating the white man. They have to play it smart in everything. If a black

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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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    Coal Is Just Not Black Gold

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    COAL IS JUST NOT BLACK GOLD PREFACE Drawing upon the organisation in which author is familiar – Coal India Limited‚ largest coal producing company in the world‚ In this paper he critically analyses few existing policies implemented by Government of India and Coal India Limited in mining industry from past few decades‚ works through the complex problems around Coal mining in India and identifies few human resource management related problems and how they have contributed for the company’s stagnation

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    Street Hawkers and Public Space in Mumbai Author(s): Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 41‚ No. 21 (May 27 - Jun. 2‚ 2006)‚ pp. 2140-2146 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4418270 . Accessed: 27/03/2013 05:14 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service

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    The End of Public Space in Los Angeles? I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man‚ and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I do too; have affection for big cities‚ although maybe in a different context than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I enjoy the multiplicity of cities and their way of blending it all together. Until now‚ I have only been to Berlin‚ London and‚ the only American city‚ New York City. Each time I visited

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    Public Space: For Safety‚ Fun‚ and The Future. Does your community have a place where everyone can get together? Can everyone feel safe to bring his or her families there? Everyone community needs some type of public space so it’s members can get together. If there were no place for people to go like that what would they do? Can you imagine never seeing people around‚ just constantly staying inside of their homes and never making an appearance out in the world? That would be a pretty desolate

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    1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted to exceed the other’s accomplishments. While the Cold War and 1950’s Space Race created intense debates and

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