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After reading Brent Staples' background and his essay "Black Men in Public Space," how does his

perspective strengthen his overall message? How does ethos factor into this discussion?
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Staples' book "Black Men and Public Space," in which he describes his experiences as a black man in public spaces using a variety of rhetorical devices to make his descriptions more appealing, is one of the most well-known African American writers to have taken on the issue of negative stereotyping of black men in public spaces.

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Ethos: a culture's, era's, character or community's defining spirit as expressed in its values and goals.

The word's meaning in rhetoric is closely related to Aristotle's Greek terminology for the three artistic proofs or techniques of persuasion. It either provides credit to the speaker or takes credit from the speaker.

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