Public space

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…

Black Men and Public Spaces, by Brent Staples, is one of those articles that provide a statement so horrific and one that exists in the reality of our daily existence. He talks about him as a caring and smart human being, but in public spaces his accomplishments are overlooked, where a menacing idea approaches that describe him as more of a savage monster than that of a civilized man. Here is where Staples shows that although we are civilized and that we have evolved quite a bit we still have…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a mapping of Jane H. Hill’s argument in her article “Language, Race and White Public Space.” In order to effectively map the argument I will perform the following functions. Firstly, I will state what I feel are the author’s main claims in the article. I will define any key terms or concepts necessary to understand the claims. I will then demonstrate the connection between the claims and the kinds of evidence utilized by the author to support these claims.…

keep it steady, but when one piece does not fit, then they will both topple down. Although statues may not relate to the problem, racism can relate to the one piece that does not fit, and this problem is explained in the articles " Black Men In Public Spaces", by Brent Staples, and " Is Everyone A Little Bit Racist" , by Nicolas Kristof. These articles dive into the topic of how racism affects everyday lives and how detrimental it is to the society and the people within. Also, it shows the…

language discussed in these passages are still prevalent in American society today as it is connected to complex perspectives. For over countless years, conflicts between races have escalated and declined in the public eye, but are constant…

Smoking has been around for centuries but yet most of us hate that it still is. Smokers do not realize the effects that smoking has on them and others. Smoking should not be done in public in my opinion. It looks like nothing, but it 's only doing more harm than good. The stench of smoking is so disgusting and no one wants to go around smelling like some burnt garbage. Smoking has caused health problems and adds to the pollution of the world. According to the world health organizations, more…

make choice even when there is nothing to choose from.” Education and cultural analysis are two topics very different. And this is why Brent Staples wrote two essays about those topics with approaches and analysis different. From “Black Men and Public Space” to “Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A’s”, there are a few similarities and a lot of differences. In the first essay, it seems that the author was expressing his own experiences by showing to us how hard it is to be a black in the…

The modern age presents multiple channels for public action, dialogue and discussion. Furthermore, social and political thought argues that these spaces multiply the opportunities for dialect and action and encourage the process of individual thought and reflection. Spaces of action become spaces of remembrance, which hold vast opportunity to contribute to the project of mending frailty in human affairs. Yet the process of memorialisation is difficult, for the formation of memory can only occur…

where twenty talented staff members contribute daily to improving Cleveland’s public spaces in hopes of helping people connect with one another and boosting the city’s economy. However, LAND studio’s unique art oriented approach to urban development distinguishes it from ordinary urban development investors and firms. Art focused beautification –the addition of vibrant colors and designs– throughout the city’s public spaces is LAND studio’s fundamental principle aimed at creating places people…

Space and time are means by which individuals and cultures orientate themselves to the world. Each is defined by their respective cultures, the resulting meaning and value supplied by that culture. The purpose of this paper is to explain and discuss how and why meanings surrounding space and time differ from one culture to the next. That geographical location, historical instances, and how individuals are include or exclude highlight the varied cultural meanings that exists within space. In…