In “ Fifth Avenue, Uptown “ Baldwin describes the ghettos. “…We find ourselves on wide, filthy, hostile Fifth Avenue, facing that project which hangs over the avenue like a monument to the folly, and the cowardice, of good intentions.” He also describes the hardships blacks felts involving their careers. “ They work in the white man’s world all day and come home in the evenin

Even in their failure to comply with the choice of approach Baldwin and Staple share many of the same views. Baldwin uses the description of the ghettoes and working conditions to show how others misconceptions of blacks have kept them from being as successful. Staples also makes this same point when he refers to the women in the public spaces running and fearing a man because of the stereotypes of black males. “ It was clear that she thought of herself the quarry of a mugger, a rapist, or worse. “ Both author’s make reference to the adaptation’s black have had to make to deal with the side effects of the social prejudices against their race. As shown in a quote from Baldwin’s piece, “ The grocery store which gave us credit…

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