Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover! People prejudge everyone around them, for example who’s threatening and who’s not. The number one group is the African American, they are always on a suspect list according to the white people. Language of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes is all around us and people use it to maybe non-intensionally insult someone other race group. James Baldwin states that it’s the way one talks to people or through ones writing you can sense discrimination or an unwelcoming tone, but Brent Staples suggests that it’s through looks and actions. Both would agree with the statement that people stereotype someone through the body language. The way people talk to one another had really changed because people now
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They way one move another can tell what one is about to do. Basically stating that if a man walks behind you, and he’s tall, bulky, he will either rape you, mug you, or even do something worse. “They seemed to have set their faces on neutral, and with their purse straps strung across their chests bandolier-style, they forge ahead as though bracing themselves against being tackled” (Staples). Staples describes a body language that a women would so if someone is to follow her. A women would grab her purse and press it agains herself or like Staples mention she would have it across her chest. People talk differently for example the Black English or today it is called slang. “The slaves began the formation of the black church, and it is within this unprecedented tabernacle that Black English began to be formed”(Baldwin). They would have their ceremonies in the english language that they know. Since they were uneducated blacks only spoke the language that they know. They church was their way of expressing themselves, many black became very religious after civil war. This Black language grew into something more, such as jazz. During the Jazz Age the blacks had their music and it was theirs. But in today’s time many minorities, such as blacks, are treated threatening and end up being accused of something they have not
They way one move another can tell what one is about to do. Basically stating that if a man walks behind you, and he’s tall, bulky, he will either rape you, mug you, or even do something worse. “They seemed to have set their faces on neutral, and with their purse straps strung across their chests bandolier-style, they forge ahead as though bracing themselves against being tackled” (Staples). Staples describes a body language that a women would so if someone is to follow her. A women would grab her purse and press it agains herself or like Staples mention she would have it across her chest. People talk differently for example the Black English or today it is called slang. “The slaves began the formation of the black church, and it is within this unprecedented tabernacle that Black English began to be formed”(Baldwin). They would have their ceremonies in the english language that they know. Since they were uneducated blacks only spoke the language that they know. They church was their way of expressing themselves, many black became very religious after civil war. This Black language grew into something more, such as jazz. During the Jazz Age the blacks had their music and it was theirs. But in today’s time many minorities, such as blacks, are treated threatening and end up being accused of something they have not