JasonMosqueda

Mrs.Rachinsky
APLang,4thPeriod
Thursday,September1,2016

BlackManinPublicSpacesQuestions:

1. WhenStaplessays,...Isoongatheredthatbeingperceivedasdangerousisa

hazardinitself,hemeansthatbeingseenasdangerousisthesameasbeing

dangerous.Bybeingseenasdangerous,peoplewillbemorescaredofhimand

bemorelikelytoattackhim.

2. Heuseswordssuchas:Victim,terrified,menacing,lethality,andstalking.

3. Hesaysthatheunderstandswhypeopleareafraidofhim.Hecountersby

sayingthatjustbecausesomeoneofacertainethnicitydidahorriblething,they

shouldntsetaprecedentfortherestofthem.

4. Stapleshasthebackgroundofviolence.HelivedinChester,Pennsylvaniawhere

murderandviolencewascommonplace.Hebringsuphisbackgroundtoshow

thatheknowswhysomepeoplefearhim.Healsousesittoshow,eventhough

helivedinthesituationheisntliketheothers.

5. Heusesmanypersonalexamplestohelpgethispointsacross.Byusingmany

personalanecdoteshehelpsshowhowhewasvictimizedbysociety'sperception

ofhowblackmenwere.

6. Stapleswhistlestunesoffamousclassicalmusictoavoidbeingmistakenasa

criminal.ByrepeatingIheshowsheistalkingabouthimselfandhowhegetrid

ofbeingmistakenasacriminal.
7. AttheendofthetoneStaplestoneseemstobeoneofbitteracceptance.By

endinglikethisitshowsthathedislikesbeinglabeledasacriminal,buthas

cometotermsandhasacceptedit.Heshowsthatheknowswhatpeoplesee,

butstillresentsbeingseenassuch.