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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 the entire black population in the fact that he felt they were trying to take over. Every day there would be a saying or two about how the “God damned ...

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only about five black kids in my grade school. Don’t get me wrong, my Grandfather was never violent toward black people (they actually scared him) and he was never a “white supremacist,” but words were constantly said.
My teenage years changed how I viewed the world. I can wholeheartedly agree with the Staples essay when in it he describes what makes a thug. My family and I had moved into a different neighborhood by the time I started high school. This fact proved very helpful in aiding me to pick out the thugs of the world. The thugs I grew up near were known as “power junkies.” A power junky is a person who lives for the thrill of having power over another human being, total power in any situation, or perhaps doing the dirty work for another just for the fun of it. The neighborhood was full of guys like this. In fact, three individuals that I can think of off hand went to prison, two for armed robbery and one for rape of a little girl. These individuals were total ...

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Added: 9/19/2006 09:40:21 AM
Category: English
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