Category: Black Men And Public Space

The civil rights movement was a historical time stamp in the fight for equality for all African Americans. Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples and Juxtaposing The Black Boy & The Bullet by Danez Smith work together to bring a coherent image to the reader through the use of irony, personification, and juxtaposition…

How many racism problems occur every year? The racism problem has happened for hundred years, and we never know when it ends. It often happens to the black people. Has anyone ever imagined ourselves as black people, living a life of them, and experiencing how others treat a black person? ‘My first victim is a…

People today make generalizations about others every day creating a reluctant change in their own behavior towards strangers. This been a big anger issue that been going on for years. Brent Staples essay ‘ Black Men and Public Spaces’ presents this topic which can be ranked as an intense reading because it shows the anger…

Identity is the characteristics, beliefs, personalities, and experience of a person or a group. Identity is a part of us and helps us make decisions. Identity is who people are, as they think about themselves, the way they view the world, and the characteristics that define them. In Graduation, Angelou wrote about her 8th grade…

For over a thousand years, Race has and still is a topic that is associated with different emotions, views and thoughts. From the beginning of time, African Americans have always been judged and harassed just because of the color of their skin or where they came from. Brent Staples himself went through the hardship of…

In a world where racism inevitably exists, Brent Staples is one who personally shares his firsthand experiences with issues of racial inequality and unjust treatment in his remarkable essay Black Men and Public Space. As an African American man with a BA from Widener University and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (139), people…