Exemplification of Staple’s Essay The essay by Brent Staples‚ “Just Walk On By” is popular because most everyone has been exposed to a form of racism in their own lives. In today’s society‚ we are “judged” every day. Whether is it on appearance‚ our speech‚ or our standing in the social crowd‚ it is happening. Staple brings this point home when he said‚ “I first began to know the unwieldy inheritance I’d come into – the ability to alter public space in ugly ways.” (236-237). When we are young
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available to Brent in regards to the audit of payables? What are the pros and cons of each alternative? Ans: For now Brent only have 3 choices‚ one is working at the normal pace‚ the pro for this choice is the work he done will be more accurate‚ but the con for this choice will be they out of the budget. The next choice is “eating time”‚ like use his own time to finish the job. The pro to this choice is that Brent does all the work that the company required. The con is that Brent is giving his
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LABORATORY REPORT Activity: Blood Glucose Regulation Name: Brent Goo Instructor: Thomas Redenbaugh Date: 12.23.2014 Predictions Plasma glucose levels will be highest 1-3 hours after the meal Plasma ketone levels will be highest before the meal (fasting) Plasma insulin levels will be highest immediately after the meal (0 hr) Plasma glucagon levels will be highest 1-3 hours after the meal Materials and Methods Dependent Variable plasma levels of glucose‚ ketones‚ insulin‚ and glucagon Independent
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were often sexually harassed and/or raped by their masters; which in turn made them even more hated by their mistresses. This often gave women a sense of fear when around a man. Linda Brent‚ who wrote under the name Harriet Jacobs‚ endured a blind childhood up to the age of 6. After the age of 6‚ the innocence Linda Brent once knew would soon be taken away from her once she understood she was nothing more than property in the eyes of her master‚ and was in danger of being raped‚ abused‚ and punished
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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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In “Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space”‚ Brent Staples explains the impact he has on other people just for being an African American man. Writing for an audience of black men who have experienced discrimination. With a wise‚ inoffensive voice‚ but somewhat of a neutral tone‚ the author uses figurative language‚ writing techniques and diction to explain his purpose of writing this essay to explain to his readers of his past experience of being a black man in public
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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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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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Just Walk On By In 1986‚ a 35 year old Brent Staples published Black Men and Public Spaces in Ms. Magazine. Through several personal experiences and analysis he discusses the causes and effects of the dangerous perception of black men. Displaying both perspectives of a white peoples’ fears‚ and a black man’s reaction‚ his essay opened the discussion for greater understanding. More importantly he reveals the mutual danger when “fear and weapons meet and they often do in urban America”‚ the “possibility
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“Just Walk On By‚” by Brent Staples describes his life as an African American that is criticized and judged by the appearance the he reflects. He talks about the many different times in his life he experiences these act of racial profiling‚ and what he does to resolve these acts of discrimination. Through his passive calm tone he displays throughout his essay‚ he comes up with ways in which he changes him self in order for society to accept him. However‚ this is just one of many life stories that
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