Block 2: Who's the Victim Here?

Brent Staples was a man that was misunderstood in the mid 1900's due to many stereotypes and racial barriers of his time.  Unfortunately, it was the general idealization in that time period that Black people were all criminals and no good would come out of associating with someone of that background.  Mr. Staples seems to have made it through that time with an attitude of indifference towards the way he was treated back then.  Sadly it was the norm and many fell into a state of contentment, with an underlying feeling of a need for change.