In my narrative essay I use informative processing a lot to explain how my athletic program works and how cow sales are done. I briefly use comparison and contrast in my narrative essay when I discuss how I made my decision on whether i was going to the heifer sale or the soccer game/
In my argumentative essay I used development by example in my second body paragraph. I use an example of a school shooting in relation to violence in mass media. In my argument essay I also use comparison and contrast to discuss the different sides of violence in mass media. When discussing Relational Aggression I use definition to explain the term that most people would be unaware of.
In my literary analysis essay I tended to use causal analysis more than anything. I explained the relationship between the birthmark and the husband and wife. With that comes the effects the birthmark has on their relationship as well as the wife 's life. I also used comparison and contrast to show how the husband and wife each felt about the birthmark.
Thesis statements and topic sentences are similar because they both prepare the reader for what
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Staples comes to this conclusion from his own personal stories of people thinking he was a robber or mugger. Right from the start he sets the tone by speaking of his “first victim” and her reaction to him walking on the street. Staples explains that when people see black men like himself they quickly jump to conclusions about their character. He does not blame the people for these instances, however it makes him feel uncomfortable. Staples explains that due to the color of his skin he was once mistaken for a burglar when he went into work late one night. Staples message to the readers is not to stereotype someone due to the color of their skin, behavior, or gender but rather to get to know them and
Staples believes white people see him as a "mugger" or a "rapist". He uses these words to let the people see that they are verbally aggressive towards people like him and its bad. He would never do such a thing,
He also talks about white men who wrote essays about black men and portrayed them as ruthless and criminals. Staples also talks about how he was mistaken for a burglar and another black reporter was mistaken
People were frightened by him and saw him as a threat only because he was African American. They were frightened because of black men having the reputation of being gang members, rapists, murders, thus they single him out as a threat. Staples encountered these acts of discrimination firsthand, allowing
The racial stereotyping that occurs in the excerpt from the autobiography is handled completely different from the way that it is handled in Black Men and Public Spaces. The excerpt from the autobiography depicts Staples as a cruel individual. He enjoyed toying with the couples, that were walking along the same street as him; especially since they were already scared of him. Staples used the individuals’ fears and used them to his advantage. He even created a game called Scatter the Pigeons, which was where he would walk in between a white couple in order to separate them.
While growing up in his hometown Chester, Pennsylvania, he was never noticed like how he is now in Chicago. His appearance was the norm among other murderers and gang warfare. Being in a new setting, Staples realizes how much he stands out. It lessens his sense of belonging and dehumanizes him. He should not have to change the way he acts to gain the acceptance of others.
He proved it by using ethos, pathos, and logos on his essay he wrote called, “Black Men and Public Space.” Staples who is six feet two inches with a beard approached that several people, especially women, sees him as a mugger, a rapist, or worse. Staples begins his essay with “My first victim…” this shows that Staples sees himself as a threat to others because
In 1939, the world was plunged into World War II. This happened as a result of Germany remilitarizing the Rhineland, violating the Treaty of Versailles in the process, leaders in Europe assuming power through intimidation and creating laws depriving citizens of basic civil rights, German expansion into other areas of Europe, an attempt to appease Germany through the Munich Agreement, and political and economic instability in the major European countries. This conflict brought up appeasement and collective security, both of which were used before the war in an attempt to prevent it, as responses to aggression. Of the two, collective security is the most effective response to aggression because it has a great chance of ensuring the maintenance
Staples expresses his argument with real life experiences that have caused him to be stereotyped as a black male. People often think black males are “thugs”, “muggers”, or “rapist”, Staples points out that not all blacks fall under this category, especially him. Staples was first stereotyped when he was out walking at night (because this is what he likes to do) and comes across a white female who perceived him as a mugger or a rapist. This is when he realizes that he was “indistinguishable from the muggers who occasionally seeped into the area”( Pg.301 Para. 2). Staples comes to the conclusion that “being perceived as dangerous is a hazard itself” (Pg. 301 Para.)
This stereotype not only gets offenders into trouble but also those like Tre and Ricky who don’t commit violent crimes. For example, Ricky and Tre drive away from the party on the street, and two corrupt black and white policemen pull them over. The black policeman, Officer Coffey, has both Ricky and Tre step outside of the car, and proceeds to interrogate Tre. Tre quickly pleads, “I didn’t do nothin’!” Officer Coffey retorts, “You think you tough?”
The women’s racism caused her reaction of “running in earnest,” “worried glances” and her eventual getaway, exemplifying the prejudice of a black male. He further demonstrates his “ability to alter public space” when just crossing “in front of a car stopped at a traffic light.” He hears the “thunk” of the driver locking their car regardless of them being “black, white, male, or female.” Staples understands the world is dangerous and people have the right to fear those around them, however, he continues to endure discrimination. But I am the person making those judgements.
This unfortunate stereotype is still highly prevalent today. We all read about African-American men committing crimes, we see it in the news and on social media. That goes to say, not all crimes are committed solely by black men, and black men should not be treated like criminals based off of others wrongdoings. Staples recounts the events of a night he went for a walk. On this walk, he encountered a well-dressed white woman (as he so described) who instinctively mistook him for a criminal.
That it is reality and not just a concept based off of racism. Within these anecdotes Staples uses hyperbole to create suspense and kind of overstate the real issue at hand in order to show how terrible his position truly is. Such as in the opening sentence, “My first victim was a woman - white, well dressed, probably in her early twenties…(542)”. The woman is not an actual “victim” to any physical harm. Nothing happened to her except she feared for possibly her life.
Staples moves on to state that he never became comfortable with people who crossed to the other side of the street rather than pass him (183). By providing examples of people desperately trying to distance themselves from him when he didn’t exhibit any malicious intention in his actions, Staples shows that he was misinterpreted as dangerous solely because of his physical
He was casually looking for a watch and the only reason they were hiding was because of the color of his skin. The article never explains that the robbery from the other store or the color of the robbers skin. This was clearly out of racial profiling and it astonishes me that this is what our society has come
Chapter 2: A Social Psychological Approach to Interpersonal Aggression This chapter begins to describe what aggression is and the motives of aggression. The book opens up with, “a social psychological approach focuses on the situational factors that lead to aggression” (Van Hasselt & Hersen, pg. 9). Those situational factors include the current conditions instead of what happened in the past. There are many ways to understand the concept of aggression and it can be used in various ways.