Effects Of Stereotypes On Latina And Black Women

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.

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.

First of all, what are stereotypes? A stereotype is a quality assigned to groups of people related to their race, nationality, and sexual orientation, but there is not only one type of stereotype there are actually two types of stereotypes. There are positive and negative ones. For example, a positive stereotype about asians would be that they are smart and polite. A negative one would be something like asians have small eyes or they’re short. Some people may get offended by these and other people will not care about it at all. These are effects from the stereotypes.

Stereotypes are apart of this world. They take place in all races and shapes and sizes. This type of thinking goes into how we approach our daily lives and how we interact with people. The angry black women is stereotype that says all black women are angry or have something to be mad about.This stereotype is meant to be a negative it is meant to oppress the black women. This stereotype strips the black women of right to be angry it makes her want to do everything she possibly can to not be the angry black women. I believe that the black woman should have the right to be angry because how they are treated inside and outside their culture. I think the stereotype is uninformed because it should not be a negative there is much to be angry about.

I will start off with the stereotypes of Hispanic/Latinos. They include being a gardener, probable gang member, hard workers that work all the time, great soccer and baseball players, maids, and nannies. Though some of these things may be true, not all of us are like this. Then there are the African Americans, they are all assumed to very athletic and good at basketball. Other stereotypes are ghetto, uneducated, do not know their biological father and so on. Asians are stereotyped to be super smart, to own a liquor store, they are all bad drivers, and have a lot of money because they are cheap and money hungry. White Americans have the higher up successful business man stereotype and also the hillbilly southern redneck stereotype. Another stereotype is that white people cannot dance.

In conclusion stereotypes are everywhere affecting people everywhere and we only know one way to stop them. This is by your decisions if you are all against stereotypes like many are make the change and stop them by starting with

Stereotypes are everywhere. The shaping of an individual’s identity can be affected through stereotypes, especially one’s on race or religion. Stereotypes can affect an individual’s way of thinking. Stereotypes hinders an individual from becoming the person they

From birth through death, people were given a stereotype label that they do not want but is force to accept it. Stereotypes happen everywhere, whether they are in the past or the present, some of them changed, some did not. Stereotypes passed on from one generation to another and from one’s own judgment also. There are a lot of similarities between the past stereotypes and the present ones.

Stereotypes are able to promote positive imagery as well as negative imagery on all topics. They have more power than one would initially give an idea. Stereotypes can easily influence the opinions of the masses if the proper perspective is not provided. For starters, stereotypes can damage the reputation of a person, place or idea, before in depth analysis can be conducted. For example, today’s media places a negative light of redneck culture and places the stereotype that southern men are radical racists that only wish to bring harm to African Americans. One could see how person of color would be hesitant to vacation in Birmingham Alabama after hearing this information. We know this to be untrue, not every male in that part of the world

We see this in the past where the news was filled with media about African American males. They gave us the perception that in their culture, they are all drug dealers, gang members, and violent. Thus creating the falsity in how we see them. While yes there are men that are in that category but not all are like that. There are a lot more African Americans that are great members of our society. Hence stereotyping them as trouble.

Almost everything in the world has a stereotype and misconception towards it, but not all of them are true, only opinions. Stereotypes are just rumors that are created based on facts that an individual knows. Stereotypes and misconceptions are used to create judgements towards people without getting to know them. Individuals create these for multiple reasons, one of which can be for disliking someone or something, and the other is just to create a rumor. A single subject can have multiple stereotypes toward it, whether it be true or false. Some of which could be positive towards the group, however, some can also put on a bad record for others.  For example, fathers/dads are constantly judged and are an easy stereotypical group. Dads are misjudged and there are too many

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.

So how are stereotypes formed? According to a study made by Campbell in 1967, there are two ways. Number one is that it is due to personal experience. Number two is gatekeepers, meaning that you are

Stereotypes can be defined as an oversimplified idea or image held by members of a group towards another group, and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotype). For example, in an interview with Guy Raz from NPR, Jamila Lyiscott says, “I mean, that’s the thing about stereotypes is that it sort of applies this collective idea to a community or a culture or race or a religion or a group of people. And once you’re in that collective, it’s like you’re trapped” (Lyiscott, Jamila). This evidence shows how in general, stereotypes are generalized and apply to a collective or community. Groups of people hold a perception towards other groups that are oversimplified typically towards religions, races, cultures, e.t.c. This creates the problem of

Stereotypes are widely held, but an oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or social group. They are the beliefs or expectations regarding what a certain social group is or should be like. Stereotypes also involve attributions. Stereotypes act as cognitive frameworks for organizing, interpreting, and recalling information (Kalra, Gurvinder, & Bhugra, 2010). Stereotypes rely on the way one thinks, feels