Lens In Staples's Black Men And Public Space

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It does matter. The 25.4 percent of lives matter. The 381 taken lives in one year screams that it matters. The 42 different studies show that they matter. The color shouldn 't matter, but maybe it does. If one is willing to shoot faster and more often for the darker, that 's when it matters. Better shots for one to aim for death matters. They matter and it’s time that it was said. Brent Staples is a black man from Chicago. In his essay titled Black Men and Public Space, Staples speaks out about his experience with the nasty stereotype that has been given to men, women and children who share the same color of skin. Between the sacred judgmental women he crosses during his late afternoon walks home and the random pullovers by cops who deem …show more content…

Along with his ethnic race, Brent Staples feels anger with the way they are treated and how they are viewed. When Staples talks about being pulled over and frightened women he also tells that he could go to his buddy, who shares the same skin color, and they could talks about the multiple time that these events happen to them. Although Brent Staples has never committed a crime and has a good education, people still see him as a criminal because they never dared to go pass the raging stereotype. In the song Worst thing I could do, Betty Rizzo let 's others know that, “ I could hurt someone like me, Out of spite or jealousy, I don 't steal and I don 't lie” (Channing). Similar to Brent Staples, Betty Rizzo has no criminal record. She doesn’t steal and she doesn 't lie, yet because of they way they view Rizzo they refuse to see all the good parts of her. With all the good traits surrounding both Staples and Rizzo, they are often rejected to be in knowledge when their peers and communities put them in a stereotype. Since this injustice is reoccurring they both feel anger towards other for their misjudgment and unacceptable behavior towards them minus the fact that they could be the poster child for the model

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