In a society as a culturally diverse as we live in, we think that some people would learn to accept one another. Nevertheless, there are some people who simply cannot accept other people because of the color of their skin. In Brent Staples essay “Black men and Public Space” the author describes something that young black men experience on more than one occasion in their lives. Being black seem as a criminal simply based on the color of their skin.
Brent Staples explains in his essay that the presence of black people in public spaces frightened white people because white people could not see the differences between a black person from a mugger or a thug. During that time of the period where he lived, there were lots of racism going on in the United States. The author gives us examples in his essay that deal with racism like at the beginning of the story when he frightens a lady that thought he was a criminal, and ran away or whenever he gets close to a car the person would lock the door to prevent him from hurting them. (Staples) …show more content…
He mentions that he grew up in a violet neighborhood so he tries to keep himself from all the violence but he was still judge based on his appearance. The author describe himself as a tall sixth feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair because in most of the neighborhood where black people lived were violet and was full of thug and criminal for this reason the author conclude why black people seem to be threating to white people. Staples wanted the people to know that not all black people are bad in fact there are lots of black people that don’t have these
Brent Staples explains in his essay that the presence of black people in public spaces frightened white people because white people could not see the differences between a black person from a mugger or a thug. During that time of the period where he lived, there were lots of racism going on in the United States. The author gives us examples in his essay that deal with racism like at the beginning of the story when he frightens a lady that thought he was a criminal, and ran away or whenever he gets close to a car the person would lock the door to prevent him from hurting them. (Staples) …show more content…
He mentions that he grew up in a violet neighborhood so he tries to keep himself from all the violence but he was still judge based on his appearance. The author describe himself as a tall sixth feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair because in most of the neighborhood where black people lived were violet and was full of thug and criminal for this reason the author conclude why black people seem to be threating to white people. Staples wanted the people to know that not all black people are bad in fact there are lots of black people that don’t have these