Diversity And Counterfeit Stereotypes

It is a public misconception that there are more minorities incarcerated because they perpetrate more illegalities due to their economic conditions. In reality, a racially biased judicial system is the basis for America’s distinct number of minority inmates. Minorities are automatically associated with criminality and racial assessments manipulate punitive policies making our judicial system racially biased.

I like that you mentioned the effect of race with European settlers and indigenous people and the myths and stereotypes that come with race. This is such an interesting topic because much of the USA's history with race has strong associations with stereotypes that were used to keep a group of people oppressed.

Throughout our American society, there have been topics, or more specifically, issues, that have been implemented in our lives. Whether it be poverty, economic issues, equality, and thus forth, there is one what has always been around for centuries, but has made a bigger impact is stereotyping. This in-particular topic has lead to a multitude of problems, such as social categorization, and the cause of prejudice. The stereotyping propaganda in the United States has caused more problems and attracted more attention than is truly needed.

Chimamanda Ngozi once said, “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” (Stereotypes). Many stereotypes effect us. They can also have a negative effect and those affected by it can feel insecure because they may be judged or treated because of that certain stereotype. Stereotypes are labels that are unfairly placed on people, and they affect all of us.

In the United States, anyone can live and practice any tradition and values they please, but this freedom does not guarantee anyone’s practice will be accepted by society. In big cities, such as New York, there is a diverse population filled with people of different ethnicities, religions, and social class. Even though we see and meet different people every day we are conditioned to accepted a universal belief about their native group as a whole. This belief is a stereotype and is often untrue. Still, stereotypes dictate our thoughts and actions and do not consider the individuals in the group nor their feelings. Believing in stereotypes always lead to serious consequences. Stereotypes of poverty, the disabled and Islam are hurtful because

In America’s society, there are millions of immigrants who make up roughly 15 percent of the population. An immigrant is any individual who comes to live in foreign country permanently where they are not originally born. Even though there are such high population rates for legal immigrants, there is still immigrant bashing that occurs. Which consists of immigrants being constantly tormented and belittled because of their ethical background. Alberto G. Mata and Catalina Herrerias describe immigrant bashing and politicians stereotyping within their story. For instance, the authors explain in depth how politicians “use racial and ethnic groups to win electoral races, and promote racial and ethnic stereotypes that feed discrimination. (Coramae

“America” is closely intertwined with the idea of freedom, the right to determine what we yearn to be, and contented people. Moreover, the standard of living in America is higher than developing countries such as India (D’Souza 340). Even, the poorest American has a television, microwave, and car (D’Souza 340). If we consider these facts, Americans should be among the most delighted people in the world. However, Americans are not as joyful as we thought they are, as a result of not being truly free, even though they are not being oppressed (Samuelson 24). Their freedom is limited by a set of unwritten laws, appointed by their community. This unwritten law is commonly called “stereotypes”, which looming around their social lives around their society.

Why make false allegations of sexual attack happen? Hearing of false sexual allegations is sad to hear. Whenever somebody hears any sexual attack that had been taken in place in time makes anybody feel heavy-hearted. People can only imagine what the victim and the victim's family is going through. At what age can this happen? “males or females of any age, race, social class, appearance or sexual orientation.” Most likely from age twelve or older are rape or sexual assault each year. The time of year this mostly occurs is in the summer. There is an average of 293,066 victims each year. In light of, even when someone here, that the alleged sexual attacker was falsely accused just makes anyone feel melancholy. False allegations can follow you all your life, accusing someone of an attack can make them go into a depression, and allegations can prevent people from getting a job.

In my seventeen years of life, an awards event hosted by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) is the one thing that exposed me to what diversity should be. Each person that bought a ticket was given free reign to be who they are. People from every age, gender, sexuality, race, religion, and social class was given equal opportunity to be themselves. It wasn’t diverse because of strategic planning, but because people wanted to be there. This event made me realize three main things: those who complain that inclusion of certain demographics is unnecessary are those who are not exposed to those people, there is a societal structure forced upon people, and there are so many things that I must learn.

A thirteen year old boy who attends the Chimacum Middle School in Washington sexually assaulted a seven year old girl on the school bus they share. Since both students are minors their identities are being withheld from news reports. The Huffington Post shared the story on July 3 that the youthful teen raped the seven year old girl multiple times and is being charged with three counts of first-degree rape.

Certain genders or races partake in different things that the other gender or race does not, which can create skewed results in sociological research. For example, the majority of students who go into engineering are male, while the minority of engineering majors are female. Because there is such a noteable difference in the gender of engineering students, if students were to work on groups projects the results would be skewed because most of the groups would include males, rather than an equal distribution of male and female groups. There are many other examples, but one popular study found included how children’s attitude and behavior stemmed from how they grew up. In this particular study, children who were raised by their fathers who did

Moustapha Al Akkad was one a renowned Hollywood movie producers and a Syrian American. He died at the age of 75 on November 11, 2005, with his daughter Rima age 34 in Amman, Jordan, as a result of a criminal terrorist act. He produced many movies such as “Halloween” that affected American culture on a bigger scale, “Lion of The Desert” which exposed the reality of a real Muslim heroes such as Omar Al Mukhtar fighting for his country, Libya’s independent, against Italian colonial power, and “The Message” which introduced the early history of Islam to a Western audiences.

As a child, I didn’t think of myself as different. My mind was a labyrinth of immature and mature thoughts alike, Boys. Why them? Why would anyone want to be one? Girls. They had all the pretty trinkets: Barbies, makeup, dresses, and everything pink. That’s what I wanted. And as I grew older, I became attracted to boys. In that way. I didn’t know it was unaccepted; or “wrong.” I thought everyone just liked who they liked and that’s that. I misunderstood completely.

We may never completely rid ourselves of our blindspot or hidden stereotypes however the key to fighting them is education. It is through understanding ourselves, different cultures, different lifestyles, and different people we can build respect and diversity. It starts with each person individually because there must be a want to improve upon ourselves and see others in a truthful light. If we don’t see there is a problem nothing will ever be improved. Individuals must accept that we all have stereotypes but them think rationally to decide if it is something we can throw out of our minds. Through exposing ourselves to other ways of life we will be more understanding of others and hopefully become more accepting. Mahzarin Banaji, One of the

Stereotyping is one of the few activities that must be prevented at all costs, due to the fact that it brews rage and hatred amongst the people in our daily society. First things first, Stereotyping is basically a belief of a certain group of people, for example, all African-Americans are excellent in sport activities. Stereotype is similar, but not the same, to prejudice, the feeling of a person based off of their social status , and discrimination, the action of treating others different based off of their social status. Stereotyping is believed to be developed into our brains at a very young age from televisions and books. “During our youth, when our minds are the most malleable, books and television imprint irreversible stereotype onto our brains” from the stereotype article “Can We Prevent Stereotypes?”. The severity of stereotyping is tremendous as it leads to misunderstanding and loathing, the article “Stereotypes Examples” states that “Stereotyping must be avoided at all costs, as it leads to treating groups as a single entity”. Despite the harmful and hazardous effects of stereotyping, it can be prevented. “Can We Prevent Stereotypes?” explains how, it states “Don’t be overly nice to the object of your stereotyping” and “Learn to recognize and avoid generalization”. Although stereotyping is harmless, it is mostly threatening to society, with people spreading rumors amongst each other based off of gender,race, religion, or social class, may divide not only a state,