Summary Of Jesse Washington's Barneys

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In both Jesse Washington’s Barneys case stirs talk of ‘shopping while black’ and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird racism is a big issue. Even though Washington’s article is about true stories and Lee’s story is about fictional characters, they are both about race issues.
Jesse Worthington develops the central idea of Barneys case stirs talk of ‘shopping while black’, she talks about how big the issue of racism is by talking about the personal experiences of African Americans while shopping at Barneys. Washington explains racism and stereotyping that is being pushed on black people who shop at high end, expensive department stores. Stereotypes such as not being able to afford something so just shoplifting it. (Washington ,3)“... One study

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