Concerning the numerous of individuals are not being acknowledged for who they want to be. As people in the public eye, we are …show more content…
Individuals feel that they aren't protected when they stroll in the city since they think somebody is tailing them or they simply take a glance at somebody who is just there and think they are a criminal due to them being paranoid about what happens in the streets. A man Name Staples in “Black Men in Public Spaces” is a perfect example of being treated as a felon. Staples was a man who graduated from University of Chicago. He walked during the night and felt different just because a woman saw him and walked as fast as she can because she was paranoid. Also in the streets of Brooklyn, he sees women who strapped up their purses and forge ahead. But he understood since young black males are overrepresented among the perpetrators of that type of violence. In the story, Staples said “At dark, shadowy intersections, I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk, thunk, thunk of the driver, either black, white, male, or female hammering down the door locks.” Another example knowing that many treat others as a