Bandwagon Stereotypes

It is sad to see how movies portray the stereotype of how football players are not as bright as the students around them. Stereotypes are produced by individuals that see people in a way shown by the person belonged to a group. These stereotypes and misconceptions are everywhere because people are easy to judge by the way they appear. People never use the time to get to know the person because of the lack of knowledge of the individual has of the person’s group belonged to. Over the course of decades, stereotypes have been growing much larger and have been used in social media. Shows and cartoons play a role as well in stereotypes and it is shown to kids which give them that idea of the group of people that

The most interesting part of the video is hearing how multi-million/large corporations view their audience/consumers. In the video The Persuaders, Douglas Atkin makes a compelling analogy, comparing individuals in cults to buying/joining a “brand” like Apple or Nike. These consumers feel the need to belong and have the company of others. Emotional branding has become part of American culture, they allow people to join a lifestyle. For example, Coca-Cola and Hallmark, both of these are multi million corporations that are directly associated with holidays like Christmas. They release commercials that appeal to individual’s emotions and makes them empathize

Nobody likes Yankees fans. Not even Yankees fans like Yankees fans, based on how often they fight each other in their home stadium. They’re loud, obnoxious, and arrogant. When it comes to actually watching the game—hey wait a second, the Yankees aren’t even playing—it’s two completely different teams. Why is this guy here?

Would you be offended if you opened the morning paper and read, “The San Francisco Negroes Beat the Atlanta Braves in the World Series!” Imagine turning on the television set and watching black men dressed in native African costumes dance around

Chiefs, Redskins, and Braves. All names of popular, professional American sports teams, all are offensive terms for Native Americans. It is time for these teams to make a positive change. The names are insulting, not just to Native Americans, but to all Americans. Furthermore, the names and images of mascots encourages negative stereotypes that don’t represent our nation's history. Sports are supposed to bring us together, but the use of these names keeps us apart. It is in the best interest for all American sports team to abolish the use of ignorant names that are reminiscent of the mistreatment of Native Americans in our nation’s history.

On the street or on the ice, hockey has been an evolving sport. Hockey brings in massive crowds because of the constant fighting it is what makes the game of hockey, and without fighting it wouldn’t have become as popular as it is today or even a franchise for that matter. With hockey comes many stereotypes such as brutal game play, and lack of common respect for opponents. In hockey, players are have a role to play; there are snipers, danglers, enforcers, grinders, play-makers, power forwards, offensive defense man, and defensive defense man. In a game a defense man can skate with the puck, but what happens when a larger player comes in and blindsides him.

You may only be at a ball park to witness a no hitter once in your entire life, if ever. But to be on the team that is throwing one, an even rarer accomplishment. How about being the pitcher to actually throw the no hitter itself, almost the rarest feat in all of baseball. The excitement, the rush, to just feel that every time you threw the ball you are either one pitch closer to throwing the elusive zero in the hits column or blowing it by hanging a pitch over the heart of the plate and watching a hit in the grass somewhere. However, you do not feel that stress, in fact, you feel nothing at all because you do not allow yourself to think about what type of game you are throwing, all you think about is what pitch you are going to throw next.

There are many jobs to have in the National Football League (NFL), but who are the people that own those job titles? When people think of the NFL the general perception of the league is men that hit other men really hard. If one is to really look into depth of the NFL one could see the dramatic differences between a team owner, the starting quarterback, to the ticket sales manager, and even the athletic trainers. An inequality occurring in the NFL today is that these positions are not diverse and have somehow created stereotypes and expectations for the people that should occupy them. These images between people that should work in these specific positions varies from race, socioeconomic classes and gender.

Growing up, our parents taught us that every person is different in their own way. They taught us that everyone has different talents, skills, and abilities. As separate countries, we speak different languages, like different foods, celebrate different holidays, and much more. Americans are all quite similar; we like sports, don’t know politics, and are lazy.

“One of the reasons I connect to the Super Bowl is that I approach my shows like an athlete” (Beyoncé, 2016). On Sunday, February 7th, 2016 the NFL Super Bowl 50 was hosted where the Panthers played against the Broncos. The halftime show was headlined by Coldplay, with special guest performers Beyonce and Bruno Mars. Beyonce took over the stage and with her performance the female singer was trying to make a serious political statement. At the halftime show, Beyoncé sang her most recent song called “Formation”, and it captured everyone's attention with her performance and was called out racist. Also the music video made a political issue that is now being charged.

Many of you, if not all of you, have heard about cheerleading. Most people have their own thoughts and stereotypes about cheerleaders, but do they know everything about it? How do the cheerleaders feel about each other? Or how do cheerleaders feel about certain stereotypes or clichés? What does their “little community” consist of?

The lights are shining as bright as the sun, it’s seven o'clock as the football team is about to come out. As the football team comes out we are yelling C-K-H-S. The game gets started and it is all fun in games . Halftime roles around and the boys are up 12-0 but her feet start to hurt and her cheerleading costume starts to get uncomfortable as it is a little too tight and super itchy. She's known as the pretty one that does well in school and gets good grades. The one that all the boys go after but always has a boyfriend. The one who has two older brothers that are popular and strong.

It is hard to believe that something bad could happen during a drive-thru stop at a Mexican restaurant at 2 a.m., but alas, trouble seems to always find Jameis Winston.

To people high school and college wrestlers leave a negative notation in their mind which might be because they don’t fully understand us. A misconception is a view or opinion that is completely incorrect and a stereotype is an image that is for the most part painted wrong but has some truth to it. The stereotype that wrestlers are aggressive is a view that people may conceive to be true about all wrestlers and this is not the case. Another would be that wrestlers are rude and carry themselves with no manners. People also seem to believe us wrestler enjoy to engage in violent acts. In all of these examples laid out every single one of them are viewed through the wrong lens and for the most part wrong. These stereotypes are here because of the sport they are in which can involve slamming others onto the mat and forcing them to their back, so

What is a stereotype? In my definition it can be a term used to classify an object or thing, maybe even a person. A stereotype can be a person who has little knowledge of something or none at all. There are a lot of different stereotypes out there. For example, “White men can’t jump” is one used in sports such as basketball. This can be a stereotype to people who have never witnessed a white man dunk a basketball. Larry Bird was arguably one of the best basketball players in the history of the NBA with many awards and achievements to prove it. He was indeed a white man therefore, counterpointing the stereotypical phrase, “white men can't jump.” Just like this one, there are many stereotypes out there with a broad range of phrases or