Identity and stereotyping to somehow very broad but very fundamental social fabric and anthropocentric concept. From both writers, identity is subjective but fundamental part of who we are as a human. No doubted about that for long period time humans’, from the very beginning civilization up to modern globalization world the two concepts had been raised in so many different perspectives and one of the controversial too. But one of the unique characters of both writer are chooses their thought in relation with social fabrics. I think, Hoffman critically looking the relationship self and reality. For him, identity supposed to be defended rather than legitimately accepted. He also argues about the subjective nature of identity. He
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Daily, the actions you take, the people you spend time with, and the principles you choose to defend will define your identity. Therefore, you should choose to construct an identity that signals to the world your core values and unique choices” (2013). In Just Walk on by Brent Staples, describes the reactions of people walking on streets in response to seeing an approaching by a black man of the with a different appearance. Staples begins by describing the first time he had noticed a negative reaction to his presence when a young woman ran away from him while he was walking casually behind her almost a block. Suddenly she looks back, glimpsing and after a while, she disappears from the street. In Just walking by Brent Staples, tells how some people react in public places when a black man walk a block away particularly, white women. In some way, black perceived as a dangerous criminal person: possible someday killed because of negative …show more content…
Why society associate all black man as criminal as in general? For Staples stereotyping coming because of the association of black people to fear of unrealistic truth. Even it hard to have a normal walking in public spaces because of fear, mostly people in the street hardly make an eye contact with him even try to cross in different direction and notice that different behavior demonstrates encountered while walking in the street. Theses mean that the association of being a black man in a public place is very hard not only for one existence, it not because the perception but someday would be
Daily, the actions you take, the people you spend time with, and the principles you choose to defend will define your identity. Therefore, you should choose to construct an identity that signals to the world your core values and unique choices” (2013). In Just Walk on by Brent Staples, describes the reactions of people walking on streets in response to seeing an approaching by a black man of the with a different appearance. Staples begins by describing the first time he had noticed a negative reaction to his presence when a young woman ran away from him while he was walking casually behind her almost a block. Suddenly she looks back, glimpsing and after a while, she disappears from the street. In Just walking by Brent Staples, tells how some people react in public places when a black man walk a block away particularly, white women. In some way, black perceived as a dangerous criminal person: possible someday killed because of negative …show more content…
Why society associate all black man as criminal as in general? For Staples stereotyping coming because of the association of black people to fear of unrealistic truth. Even it hard to have a normal walking in public spaces because of fear, mostly people in the street hardly make an eye contact with him even try to cross in different direction and notice that different behavior demonstrates encountered while walking in the street. Theses mean that the association of being a black man in a public place is very hard not only for one existence, it not because the perception but someday would be