Essay Archive - Staples' �Just Walk On By�: Prejudice and Intimidation
Staples' �Just Walk On By�: Prejudice and Intimidation
I am not a man; I am not black; I do not have a very commanding presence nor am I now afraid of much. But I can relate to the prejudice, the intimidation by others and the stereotyping Brent Staples writes about in his essay �Just Walk On By.�
First off, I am not black; therefore, I have already gotten off to a bad start. I have had some experience with the types of prejudice Staples mentions in the Podhoritz essay �My Negro Problem�And Ours.� I grew up in a house that had a basis in prejudice. My Grandfather was prejudice toward th....
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