Communication Between Cultures And Its Impact On Society

Stereotypes are a form of prejudice everyone will once experience in their lifetime. Stereotypes are centered around an individual's race, gender, social class, religion, and age. They have been known to be elements people use to make judgments and subjectify people to one key feature. As Gordon Allport states, “ To state the matter technically, a noun abstracts from a concrete reality some one features and assembles different concrete realities only with respect to this one feature”(364). Mr.Allport’s words can be summed up to say stereotypes have been used as key fundamentals to associate one feature or aspect of a person with a group that represents it, typically in an unfavorable way.

Stereotypes have great impacts on people all over the world. One of the reasons why people believe stereotypes blindly is that they know less about the objects. In order to decline the uncertainty of this new object, people choose to believe the stereotypes to feel safer. For the purpose of understanding the world more objectively, we ought to treat stereotypes critically and at least not be convinced of stereotypes blindly anymore.

Stereotypes and generalizations have negatively depicted the image and character of individuals and groups throughout time. In making these stereotypes we forget about the true character of the individual or group. Somehow throughout time what we have gathered and decided through stereotypes has created the everlasting image we have of one another, it's been hard to change the viewpoint ever since. Through the reading of this article and attaining continuous information of the harm of stereotypes are placing in our world we can start to move away from these unfortunate depictions.

Currently, there is a problem with American’s. That problem is allowing themselves to be influenced by stereotypes. Stereotypes allow people to organize the world, but sometimes the stereotypes are negative. How do stereotypes affect the decisions of Americans about other people in their everyday lives?

When Americans meet someone new they are already sticking that person into some sort of category because of their appearance. If someone looks different than Americans are use to, they automatically stick some sort of stereotype to them. Stereotypes are strongly displayed in the media; stereotype can be based of someone’s color, culture, religion, or sex. In Black men in public spaces by Brent Staples, and in The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the authors talk about stereotypes based on their gender and ethnicity and the experiences they both encounter because of their ethnicity and gender which have many similarities and differences. Stereotypes can lead

The use of stereotypes is a major way in which we simplify our social world; since they reduce the amount of processing, we have to do when we meet a new person.

This leads to ineffective communication between the two different cultured persons, because one person may allow prejudice, opinions that are created about a person based on stereotypes of that culture they belong to, to hinder their conversation, or they may avoid each other all together. What we must do then, is to remember that even though we may fit into a co-culture, we ourselves are individuals, each with our own unique qualities and personalities, and that stereotypes, since they are generalizations about a group, should not be applied to a unique human being. In this paper, I will discuss what kinds of stereotypes I have or used to have about a group of people, and what kind of stereotypes I think that people have of me, based on things such as my age, race, ethnicity, or some other

Today we live in a world that is a multicultural society. More commonly America is said to be a “melting pot”, meaning that our countries populations are made up of many different cultures and ethnic groups. As people with different cultures come in contact with each other there are external aspects such as food, dress, and language that becomes very evident. Using our own cultures lens we view everything from our cultures perspective thus narrowing our views of others and aiding in the difficulty of communicating with individuals of other cultures and backgrounds. Stereotypes exist within every culture all around the world, this includes, African Americans and White Americans within the United States. When thinking of stereotypes the first

The stereotypes witnessed around the world are far more prevalent in America due to the use of them to characterize a group of people that have historically been at a disadvantage. Now that more individuals are coming to America, the minority class status has grown exponentially, which has led to the wide use of stereotypes to describe not only blacks, but Latinos, Asian Americans, and other represented ethnic groups. These stereotypes change what it means to be a minority in the United States, and alter the way individuals view their racial backgrounds. When looking at racial relations outside of the United States,

According to many, “stereotypes” are outdated. As Americans, “everyone is equal and everything is fair”. However, digging deeper into the construction of society shows that this is a blatant lie: stereotypes are alive and well in modern-day life. Stereotypes appear in every aspect of society-from one’s gender to their sexual orientation to the color of their skin. The list is never-ending.

In this world there are many things people are guilty of, one of those guilt’s is stereotyping others , even if it wasn’t meant in a harmful are negative way we all have been a victim or the aggressor . This paper will discuses what stereotypes are, how they affect people and how stereotypes can affect society. However, the common factor in either situation is that no good comes from stereotyping others.

Individuals use stereotypes when they judge others based on their own thoughts and opinions. In today’s society, individuals show prejudice towards others based on what they have heard previously from their friends and families. With that being said, individuals tend to express negative comments against people who have different ethnicities. When people hear the word “stereotypes”, they often forget how there are both positive and negative expressions. In this essay, there will be examples of positive and negative stereotypes and how there is a resemblance of both cases.

Most people find stereotypes to be obnoxious, especially when they have to do with sensitive subjects like gender or race. “Stereotyping is a generalization about a group or category of people that can have a powerful influence on how we perceive others and their communication behaviors” (Floyd, 61). Because they underestimate the differences among individuals in a group, stereotyping can lead to inaccurate and offensive perceptions of other people. Although stereotypes are prevalent in almost every society, becoming aware of our perceptions of others, as well as differentiating between both positive and negative stereotypes can help us overcome those stereotypes.

Generally, stereotypical representations tend to be harmless images but the issue rises from the lack of apathy from the public to refine theses stereotypes and this attitude comes with a range of consequences and impacts. Stereotypes are pervasive in the world and have devastating consequences. An example is people and the media being so quick to confuse Arabs, Muslims and Middle Easterners as the same.

"We didn 't all come over on the same ship, but we 're all in the same boat."- Bernard Baruch