Essay #1
In Brent Staples essay, "Black Men and Public Space", we read about a black man that has trouble with the way he gets stereotyped by other people. He learns to deal with these issues by finding ways to ease the tension he feels by other people. This essay shows that not all people that look mean will be dangerous. You never know how a person really acts or thinks until you get to know them.
In the beginning of this essay the narrator tells the audience of a time he encounters a women by herself on a lone road. The narrator sets the mood of the setting by informing the audience of his physical stature. He mentions he is tall, black, and bulky with a beard and rough looking. He continues on by saying the women had a look of fear in her eyes. The women caught a glimpse of this man on the street and started running away from the man in panic.
English: Lincoln 10-cent stamp essay, 1869
1869 30c essay
English: 1869 30-cent Burgoyne essay, colorizedThis women had no idea who this man was. He could have been a killer, he could have not.
In the world we live in now this is a natural thing to do. This man wasn't planning on doing any harm. He informs us he even has trouble putting a knife to a raw chicken. He could never put a knife up to a human. Stereotyping is something everyone does. Some more extreme than others. It happens in our everyday life. When we first meet someone we instantly start to judge them. By the way they talk, look, or act.
I feel like I can relate to the women in this essay from personal experiences. I was able to live in a part of the United States where there is a strong...