Have you ever been in a situation such as the ones Brent Staples describes, where you perceived someone (or someone perceived you) as threatening?

Just Walk on By Discussion Forum

Read: Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders his Power to Alter Public Space by Brent Staples

Discussion Question: Have you ever been in a situation such as the ones Brent Staples describes, where you perceived someone (or someone perceived you) as threatening? How did you react? After reading Staples’s essay, do you think you would react the same way now? In what order does Staples present his examples? What are some of the examples he uses in the essay?

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