“I handed the papers to a little boy in back of me, I remarked that once again he had received a much lower mark than I did. He snatched his test from me and spit out that word” (473). The previous sentence is a personal quote from the essay, that is one of the many incidents where Naylor was called out of name. The fact that happened to her shows why she is passionate about the topic. That is not something everyone can say they have experienced. Lastly, In “Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples shares his point of view of being an African-American male everyday in Brooklyn. Staples speaks on many experiences where people viewed him as dangerous due to the color of his skin. He opens my eyes to the way people may act around black men as opposed to other races. "And I soon gathered that being perceived as dangerous is a hazard in itself" (299). Staples shows that it's not only unfair but also dangerous to the people. But a limitation is not all races perceive black people like
“I handed the papers to a little boy in back of me, I remarked that once again he had received a much lower mark than I did. He snatched his test from me and spit out that word” (473). The previous sentence is a personal quote from the essay, that is one of the many incidents where Naylor was called out of name. The fact that happened to her shows why she is passionate about the topic. That is not something everyone can say they have experienced. Lastly, In “Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples shares his point of view of being an African-American male everyday in Brooklyn. Staples speaks on many experiences where people viewed him as dangerous due to the color of his skin. He opens my eyes to the way people may act around black men as opposed to other races. "And I soon gathered that being perceived as dangerous is a hazard in itself" (299). Staples shows that it's not only unfair but also dangerous to the people. But a limitation is not all races perceive black people like