In the essay “Just Walk on by: Black Men and Public Space,” Brent Staples shares his personal experiences as a young black man in the late 1900s . He feels like it is extremely difficult to be accepted by everyone around him. Society views Staples as a violent person and has a negative connotation about him because of the way he behaves. Staples concludes that he should conform to society's norms to feel accepted and not like an outsider because of his race. To feel accepted, he changed certain characteristics such as the way he dressed, being calm when stopped by the police, and moving with care and ease. These changes ensured that he would no longer be considered a criminal. This essay is expressed with great emotion and although it contains a lot of anger, there is a sense of calm throughout. Brent Staples does a phenomenal job of opening the eyes of the outsider and the reader by unmasking a racist and judgmental society through his choice of words, literary devices, experiences, and emotions. A unique word choice introduces this essay, misleading readers. Staples begins by saying, “My first victim was a woman…” (383). This choice of words forced our minds to perceive this man as a criminal who was about to tell us his story. Staples allows himself to be portrayed as such a horrible person because that's exactly what people considered him to be. He blames himself as if he had accepted the fact that he was considered a criminal and that he always will be. It seems he wanted to mislead us as readers so that we would make the same mistake as others. A great feeling of guilt arises at the idea of ​​judging this man whom we barely knew. In such a simple way, Staples creates a... middle of paper... them” (386). He goes through a great ordeal to please this judgmental society in which he lives even if he owes them nothing. Brent Staples has created a perfectly structured essay that clearly exposes a racist and judgmental society. As explained, he used methods such as word choice, literary devices, numerous experiences from his past, and pure emotions in order to put the reader in his place. Each method very strongly supported the main idea of ​​“Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space.” This enhanced the way a reader should feel about harmful thoughts and not only did he share his story descriptively, but he also made it so the reader could feel a personal connection to this phenomenon. Some people wouldn't understand or try to understand what it actually means to be judged as a black man, but Brent Staples outlines excellent points throughout his personal experiences..