According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press, 56 percent of Americans, whether unwittingly or knowingly, express Negrophobia, which is the irrational fear or dislike of black people (Terbush, Jonathan). Regrettably, most African-Americans are stereotyped just because of their skin color, which necessitates the never-ending cycle of hatred amongst the races. Unfortunately, Brent Staples, a cultural and political writer for the New York Times, knows this horrible feeling of invoking unsolicited fear in people all too well. Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Brent Staples recalls in this essay the unfounded racial preconceived notions that he, just because he was black, was a low-class thug that was out to harm them in some way, instead
