"Black Men in Public Spaces" They Say

Staples was talking in his paper about a writer named Norman Podhoretz and he explained that black men have a history of mugging in New York city. It is why people judge them too quickly when they see them walking around at night. He explains that they were more tougher than they were ruthless. Staples gives examples of what has happened to himself to show that what Podhoretz is saying is true. He explains about the women in the beginning of the narrative who thought he was a mugger or a rapist. Also, when he was a journalist and came into the building with the finished product and the people at the front desk called security because they thought he was bad. I don't think I would make any changes to Staples piece referring to "they say" because he used some quotes out of what Norman Podhoretz had said and turned it to use it within himself. He proved to what they say is possibly true. However, he continues his normal routine trying to appeal less threatening to show what they say is not true.