Prejudices in Our World Both Brent Staples in “Black Men and Public Places” and Judith Cofer in “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” seem to be illustrating the prejudices some people have. They both explain how the way they look gets them treated by others. Brent Staples‚ because he is black in perceived as a criminal; Judith Cofer is a Latina and is mistaken for a waitress. Both stories give numerous examples of prejudice. In addition‚ each writer has a larger purpose
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Public Space‚"� Brent Staples demonstrates how a stereotype on race and sex can intervene with one another. Each point‚ whether a narrative or remark‚ can have positive and negative outcomes on the audience Staples is trying to enlighten. His thesis‚ the ability to alter public space through racial stereotypes‚ affected him as well as many other persons of his stature and skin color. It not only influenced lives of people like Staples‚ but infringed onto the "victims"� of Staples and others like
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web‚ I found out some very informative information about the life of Brent Staples. Brent Staples was an intelligent man‚ not just an ordinary man from Chester‚ Pennsylvania. He earned various degrees as different universities and colleges like a BA from Widener University in 1973‚ and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1977. He was a professor of psychology at various universities in the states. Writing is one of Staples’ specialties and he has been a reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times and the
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Brent Staples wrote an essay about “What Adolescents miss when we let them grow up in Cyberspace.” In the beginning Staples describes the father of his 10th grade heartthrob. He insinuates that he is a fearsome steelworker who struck terror in the hearts of 15-year old boys. Whenever they would talk on the phone‚ her father would cut the conversation short. Now he has to make a choice to give up or show up at the front door. This is the first sustained encounter with an adult outside of his family
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In Brent Staples “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space‚” and Zora Hurston’s “How it feels to Be Colored Me‚” both authors face discrimination because of their color. While each author begins to feel discrimination in their lives‚ they accept how they are treated in society‚ and they both overcome being angry at others for the way they were treated. While both authors face being discriminated against during their lives they realize that society treats them differently. Staples begins to
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Brent Staples; Fight Against The Destiny Everyday millions of people; young and old‚ rich and poor are getting up with the sunshine glittering in their eyes and start in their days with different concerns‚ in different moods. Each of them is just living out their lives with the destiny that has been set for them. It is interesting how life starts differently for each of us. Some may be born rich‚ handsome or super intelligent‚ while the others may be born poor‚ disabled or as orphans. Some may
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Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston was a phenomenal woman. At the height of her success she was known as the "Queen of the Harlem Renaissance." She came to overcome obstacles that were placed in front of her. Hurston rose from poverty to fame and lost it all at the time of her death. Zora had an unusual life; she was a child that was forced to grow up to fast. But despite Zora Neale Hurston’s unsettled life‚ she managed to surmount every obstacle to become one of the most profound authors
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First analytical essay The night world In “Black Men and Public Space‚” Brent Staples makes the most interesting idea that‚ people look – always – to black men as a threat‚ they see every dark skinned youth as an incoming danger‚ and that is what Staples implies in his essay. He also explains when he was young‚ people looked at him as a mugger or‚ a rapist or even worse. So‚ throughout his essay we can see Staples’ realization of the fact that‚ people – rarely - change their prospective about
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Southern Idiom of Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston‚ scholar‚ novelists‚ folklorist‚ and anthropologist‚ was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Her writing career elaborated the rich black vernacular from her southern upbringing and also of her anthropology training from the prestigious Barnard College (Slawson 209). Hurston grew up in Eatonville‚ Florida. It was one of the first all-black towns to be formed after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863‚ and is thought to heavily influence
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B_r_e_n_t_ _S_t_a_p_l_e_s_‚_ _“J_u_s_t_ _W_a_l_k_ _o_n_ _B_y_” _ My first victim was a woman—white‚ well dressed‚ probably in her early twenties. I came upon her late one evening on a deserted street in Hyde Park‚ a relatively affluent neighborhood in an otherwise mean‚ impoverished section of Chicago. As I swung onto the avenue behind her‚ there seemed to be a discreet‚ uninflammatory distance between us. Not so. She cast back a worried glance. To her‚ the youngish black man—a broad six feet two
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