In “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space” by Brent Staples, Staples describes the problems, stereotypes and criticisms he faces deal with being a black man in public settings. Staples begins his perspective by introducing the audience to thinking that he is committing a crime, but ultimately reveals how the actions taken towards him are due to fear related to his labeled stereotypes of being rapists, gangsters, and robbers. Staples continues to explain twenty years of experience to the audience and sheds light on how, despite having proven his survival over other stereotypical blacks with his education levels and work ethic in the modern era, he is still in the same situation. Although Staples relates such burdens through his personal experiences rather than directly revealing the psychological impacts such actions have on African Americans with research, he effectively uses emotions to explain the social effects and challenges they faced to avoid causing a ruckus with the “white American”. world by keeping its references updated and in line with its history. Staples successfully begins by not only admitting the possible flaws in his practiced race, but also understanding the perspective of the one who fears them. Black males who are open to more violence due to the environment they grew up in are labeled as more likely to cause harm or commit crimes against women, but Staples asks why this issue changes the perspective of daily face-to-face contact and puts questioning the simple actions of a black man? Staples admits that “women are particularly vulnerable to street violence, and young black males are drastically overrepresented among the perpetrators of such violence,” (Staples 384) however… halfway through the paper… who was a graduate student for familiarize yourself with his education levels; he shares his work position as a writer and at the same time openly reveals the emotions people feel when surrounded by the presence of a black man. Works Cited Boser, Ulrich. "The Black Man's Burden." US News & World Report 133.8 (2002): 50. Academic Search Premier. Network. November 20, 2013.Green, Makiah. “I am a scholar, not a criminal: The plight of black students at USC.” Makiah-isms: a vocal vessel. Np May 4th. 2013. Web. November 16, 2013. Myers, David G. “Chapter 14: Social Psychology.” Psychology. 10th ed. New York, NY USA: Worth Publishers, 2013. 552-602. Print.Staples, Brent. “Just Walk Forward: Black Men and Public Space.” 50 essays. Ed. Samuel Cohen. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford, 2011. 383-386. Press. "Trayvon Martin's 911 Call." The Young Turks. YouTube. March 19, 2012. Web. November 16. 2013.