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Effects Of Just Walk On By Brent Staples

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In modern society stereotypes and racism are still well and alive, and seen on a daily basis. Its seen everywhere and it greatly affects certain people more than other due to many negative connotations or saying associated by that typical race. For some its a part of everyday life, while some are not greatly affected on their day to day life , some people are greatly influenced and impacted by it. In Brent Staples;s “just walk on by : black men and public space” we are shown how Staples is being affected in his daily experiences. Staples argues how racial profiling has greatly impacted his life on a day to day basis through the use of diction, irony and Staples , using stereotypes and good diction describes his experiences with a middle age woman to show how stereotypes are presented towards him every day and the displeasure he felt. Staples noted “ My first victim was a woman...to her the youngish black man...seemed menacingly close...she disappeared into a cross street...” In this example we see Staples being avoided due to the fact that he had his hands in his pockets and was walking on the same sidewalk as a white female, and an impoverished area of a chicago neighborhood. Staples begins to grow accustomed to these sort of things since he knew stereotypes don't go away or change and we see him develop around it as he moves on with …show more content…

Staples said “ And i soon gathered that being perceived as dangerous is a danger in itself.” He describes how being thought of as a dangerous person is actually more dangerous than being an actual danger or a menacing person to society, as well as how people avoid him and even walk more, and cross streets to avoid walking by him or next to him .How people perceive a certain race usually has a negative meaning, most stereotypes do as

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