In Brent Staples' "Just Walk On By: Black Men and Public Space" Staples uses an analogy to show what's it like to live in constant fear of being judged from his looks and having to sort of camouflage himself to fit in to our society. He has to shield himself from being constantly judged and all the unpleasantries that come from it. Those come from the white women and people that he meets, especially in the nighttime, and he wants to change that. Vivaldi's Four Seasons and cowbells and not remotely similar in any way but when they are used they are. Staples whistles are used to convince people that he is no mugger or rapist and so the classic tunes are used to mute those ideas and replace them. Cowbells are used in the same way as they make
