They don’t like the fact that he in fact a wealthy black man.. The townspeople although know that Jodie is well respected think that he shouldn’t be because he is an African American male. Not only can racism be a war between people of the same race because of wealth and not believing your race is superior but also from jealousy. Everyone gets jealous and sometimes to cover up that jealousy they become racist against them. If you’re an African American other African Americans could be jealous of you because it is a time period where they feel they weren’t equal.
Racism is one of the key factors that play a major role in the play “Clybourne Park”. During act 1 the author shows racial tension in many ways. In the beginning, the play opens up based in Chicago in the 50’s and 60’s with Russ and Bev selling their house because they are in need of a new start. Karl then comes over and begins to question them if they know who bought the house. While doing this the author then informs the audience that the family that has bought the house is a black family.
Black people are more threatening; a sketchy looking Latina is more threatening than a Caucasian. A simple looking Caucasian doesn’t look too threatening, depending on how large, but a black person will always make me feel threatened. Mostly because I did not grow up with black people; I am not comfortable around them. Same with Latinas, but this is a common thought among people. Men have it worse than woman.
The Theme of Black Men in Public Space Theme is the central message and idea of a particular story. In “Black Men in Public Space,” written by Brent Staples, the main point revolves around appearance versus reality. The author happens to be a harmless, African-American journalist living in New York who comes across a great deal of discrimination because of the way he looks. The theme is that people are too quick to deem someone as a threat towards society because of their appearance. Brent Staples’ appearance caused him a great deal of grief.
Black Men and Public Space In Brent Staples “Black Men and Public Space”, a black man tells his experience with particular individuals in public areas whom fear him based on his race’s stereotype. Staples suggest that people still tend to portray black men as violent and dangerous individuals from racial tendencies without rationalizing and thus causing stress to the victims (black men) because they’re seen as threats despite their true nature. In the past, black men have had reputations that associate themselves with murderers, thieves, rapist etc. thus making people around them feel anxious and/or concerned. The tone from the text appears ironic as Staples uses the words “My first victim” as his opener despite himself being the victim instead of the offender.
Mayberry 1 People in this world of all races have experienced times throughout their life where they had an encounter with someone who may have suspected they were someone they weren’t. In today’s times it’s always brought to our attention that black males have to deal with it more than any other race but is that true? In “Just Walk on By” Brent Staples expresses his life of being a black man in different settings. In both settings he’s looked upon as a bad guy and expresses the actions of other people on black men walking down the street in odd hours of the night, or doing everyday tasks. In the article Brent talks about different times and situations he observes, in Brooklyn the women try not to look as obvious that they were scared or nervous about the situation they were in when he would walk by and as for women in Chicago when the women felt threatened they instantly ran.
When Huck almost sells Jim out, it is a constant internal battle between Huck’s heart and society. Under no circumstances would I consider Mark Twain to be racist. Mark Twain may use the word “nigger” often, but he creates these racist comments as satires to ridicule society during these times. He uses one of the best works of art to show how life was at one point and to remind future generations how depressing it was for black people in the South during the 1800’s. Twain is like Huck Finn in the aspect that they grew up in racist environments and eventually realized society was wrong for what they were doing.
Nevertheless, social and economic disparity thrives in inner city neighborhoods. Segregation has been part of Chicago since the early 1900’s when discrimination and segregation laws oppressed and physically separated minorities from whites. These laws were established by white men to favor white men. Institutions such as banks restricted minorities to the least desirable areas of the city. This drastically affected property values in areas where Latino and Blacks lived.
Can’t Always Judge A Book By It’s Cover Racism in todays society can be seen all around us. In both Brent Staples’s essay Black Men and Public Spaces and Kesaya E Noda’s essay Growing up Asian in America racism is shown in two different environments. However both authors are effected the same. In Noda’s essay it is viewed from the perspective of an asian woman and her struggles growing up in America being from a different area of the world. In Staples’s essay it is viewed from the perspective of an african american who is walking the street at night and how others view him.
Not everyone has a special power to alter public space, but if the surroundings were different then people would probably have a very good sense about what is being said. In "Black Men and Public Space," Brent Staples claims that he is a black man who whenever in public is met with fear from his surroundings because of his racial stereotype. He points out that one can easily change physical behavior and dressing in order to alter public space in a good way or bad way. As Staples says, “Black men have a very bad reputation of being a mugger, a rapist or even worse” (336). Therefore, many people are afraid of them.