Read “Black Men and Public Space” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Paraphrase Explain what Staples means by “the ability to alter public space” (para. 2).
2. Details Staples considers himself a “survivor” (para. 7). To what does he attribute his survival?
3. Examples What does Staples do to make himself seem less threatening to others?
4. Vocabulary Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading: uninflammatory (para. 1), unwieldy (2), vulnerable (5), retrospect (6), and constitutionals (12).