Be opposed to racial discrimination (Yang Li)

The author, Brent Staples is telling us about his several personal episodes. He was "twenty-two years old, a graduate student newly arrived at the University of Chicago". Moreover, he was a "youngish black man-- a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair". He was often misunderstood that he is a mugger because of his appearance who seemed menacing and others' racial prejudice. Staples soon percieve "unnerving gulf lay between nighttime pedestrians--particularly women--and him". As a matter of fact, he is a timid boy that"scarcely able to take a knife to a raw chicken" and a shy guy. Typically, "women are particularly vulnerable to street violence, and young black males are drastically overrepresented among the perpetrators of that violence". However, the truth is when people afraid of him, he also has the feeling of fear.People frequently have the incorrect judgment of strangers by their appearance, such as their colors. some even define black men as dangerous people before they have enough communication. The potential problem is the racial discrimination. people pay more attention on other's complexion, but not virtue of inside. It is a disrespect performance of racism.