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Brent Staple's Essay 'Just Walk On By'

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Reflection: Further develop the concept of discrimination and stereotyping “Just Walk On By: Predicaments of Black Men in Public Spaces” More often than not, discriminating others by appearance leads to stereotyping, creating a fallacy that people genuinely begin to believe. These stereotypes create barriers that prevent us from truly understanding one another as people. Brent Staple’s essay, “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space,” allows us to ascertain the deleterious effects of stereotyping in today’s society and the kind of impact it has on various types of people. Staples’s essay describes his experience with stereotyping as a college student in New York. Though Staples perceives himself as a “youngish black
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