The Path Through Discriminations All individuals are marked socially by their race, but some people misinterpret the entire meaning of why people are categorized by race. People generally use racial backgrounds as a base for discrimination. Stereotypes affect the confidence, self-esteem, and allure of people in the society. Similarly, Brent Staples, an intelligent journalist from a small town called, Chester in Pennsylvania cultivated the racial stereotypes and racial profiling, as he was an African-American in his article, “Just Walk on By”. Along with discrimination, alienation, self-perception, and nonviolence are also popularized in the self-narrative article. Brent Staples was first discriminated when he was 23 years old, when he appeared …show more content…
Brent Staples explains one of his situations in a jewelry store, “I entered a jewelry store on the city’s affluent Near North Side. The proprietor excused herself and returned with an enormous red Doberman pinscher straining at the end of a leash. She stood; the dog extended toward me, silent to my questions, her eyes bulging nearly out of her head. I took a cursory look around, nodded, and bade her good night” (2). Staples stays very harmonious and reticent, so he does not give the dog the wrong impression. He was scared about the dog attacking him, but he overcame it. Staples also shares, “Black men trade talks like this all the time” (2). He is conveying that all these unconventional incidents happen with black men too often, which means they are very used to it now. Brent has learned to handle his situations very intelligently. He has learned to put aside his emotions and think before his actions. Staples fights along with the stereotypes in a unique and diligent way. He uses nonviolence, which has been used very carefully. He does not completely ignore the situation or the fact of how others think. Being avail from nonviolence disallows non-minorities to get what they were