Myriad Stereotypes

Teenage murders may be unprecedented, but violence is not. The past has followed us right up to today. Several national magazines recently ran alarming stories about the epidemic of criminal and group violence. Rolling Stone in "A Pistol-Whipped Nation" and both Time and Newsweek ran alarming cover stories about the "virtual epidemic of youth violence." Newsweek's "Teen Violence: Wild in the Streets," decried the number of young people carrying guns, using them, being shot, and being killed. Accompanying all this was a casual if not blase attitude indicating that, as one expert quoted in Time put it, "Violence is hip right now."

It seems like every few months we turn on the news to hear that there has been another tragic incident involving guns and violence at a school. However, The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has reported that over the last 5 years there has been a steady decline of homicides of youths 5-18 at school. This isn’t to say that the numbers aren’t heartbreaking, every time a child is harmed it is a chilling reminder that our nation has a huge problem that we are faced with. Delinquency in our schools go much deeper than the occasional shooting incident. Regarding violent attacks in a five year span personal weapons (the person’s hands, fist, feet etc.) were 3.4 times more likely to have

Right outside a corner store, next to a stoplight, or at a park, there may be a homeless person asking for some sort of help; it can either be for a place to stay, money, or food. Many people are used to categorizing a group of people by a solo characteristic, known as a stereotype. Misconception, on the other hand, is a conclusion of someone or something that is wrong because it is based on faulty thinking or facts. Stereotypes and misconceptions appear to be similar, however, these two are not. A misconception is formed from having a stereotype. Stereotypes and misconceptions are built because many try, but are unable to understand a person or a group, or are just simply unwilling to understand the person or group. There are over a million

The image I have chosen is a world map that summarizes stereotypes (pre-judging someone based on assumptions) that are the base foundation for prejudice. Every individual has biased interpretations of individuals and groups limited to their own perspective, but don’t really have an explicit perception of reality. Our environment (race, class, religion, gender, etc.) impacts our judgments and how we perceive, respond, and react to daily experiences. The image is very unique because it outlines the stereotypes we encounter that influences our judgments such as religion, country of origin, education level, marital status, ethnicity, sports, political beliefs, etc. The picture argues that stereotypes and bias can be positive or negative in their original intent, however, they are still generalized and inaccurate characterizations that can offend others.

African–Americans are 63% of people that make up prisons for drug charges. Constant bigotry is the pattern and animosity that is inside our minds and are working outside of our conscious knowing. There is a common stereotype that associates minorities, mostly African-American people, with crime. 72% of people follow this stereotype, but it’s common in our life so we are attentive of it. “Our unconsciousness Is not good at distinguishing between associations that we approve of and those we don’t, so merely having the two concepts (Black and crime) associated in our memories causes one to be automatically activated in our thoughts when the other is presented.” (Harris)

Concerns related to school violence are on the rise in our nation’s schools. School violence has a direct impact on the growth of our society and the development of our future leaders. In particular, the impact of gun violence on our nation’s schools has taken a precedent in school districts, the media and Congress. In a Children’s Defense Fund study, a total of 5,740 adolescents and teenagers have been killed by gun violence between the years of 2008 through 2009. These statistics equates to one child or teenager every three hours, or eight daily, or 55 each week for two years. Furthermore, the percentages of preschool aged children nearly doubled the rate of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. In addition,

An Examination of Weapon Carrying and Delinquency Among Adolescents.” The article goes into depth first explaining how carrying weapon has a high influence in crime and delinquency; most specifically guns. He uses a table to measure and eluante different crimes that takes place in a community. From the results, reader can understand that carrying gun produces the most violence and delinquency in a community despite gender, race/ethnicity, social class, or family structure. Then he does another research to prove that most gun crime and delinquency comes most from the ages 14- 18. These age group are adolescents proven most likely to be seen carrying a gun than any other age group or weapon. As the person age, the chance of the individual resorting to guns as a protector or for fun, there a 23% chance of violence and crime to be involved without justify reasoning (Emmert et.al). All the data and information collected gives a sufficient evidence on how young adults has a higher rate on gun

“28 days until my escape,” I think as I look in the mirror of my cramped, European style bathroom. A short blond haired, blue eyed girl stares back at me, reminding me how much I want to grow another couple inches. “Maybe then I’ll look like an 17 year old”. Back in my room I look the plans I have spent so long working on, and throw them under a loose floorboard. I’m in the kitchen rushing to grab breakfast when my mom walks in.

Living with a Phantom America was founded in 1776 and new citizens all had relatively one focus in mind, to survive. Since then foreigners have come to the country, women have become linked to the household, and men have become the dominant members of society. In other words, stereotypes have begun to form. Stereotypes have become an idea that every human; regardless of race, gender, age, etc.; has had to become accustomed to over one’s lifetime. Stereotypes can be found in all defined groups of people, stereotypical characteristics have changed over the years, and one should not let the idea of a “social norm” define one’s lifestyle.

Know once you have adopted these three roles, there is another all I would like you to assume, this I think just paints the whole picture, this is sort of the background canvas of which you paint the rest of this portrait. You need to understand something the parents these days have long since forgot, and are going to have to relearn again your grandparents knew this, but today’s generation appearance doesn’t seem to, and that is you do not get to design your children, nature would never have permitted that to, evolution would not have allowed a generation of a species to be so influenced by the previous generation, it hasn’t happened and it doesn’t happen, and it especially doesn’t happen in children, you do not design your children, and

Myths and stereotyping about race,sex, religion, and where you are from have been so installed into our brains since we were children, that we believe and live our lives around it. Saying this I tested one of the myths out, “which race makes up the majority of a prison” all of my brothers and even my parents said blacks and when i asked them their reasoning they stated similar reasons as the class when they were asked if there are more black men in prison than college. That being stated, why must believe the negatives about our own race and others. My idea is that it is drilled into our heads the moment we attain the ability to see; the cartoon, media, and news all place a negative stereotype on everyone. If a black family isn’t modeled after

Stop it. Everyone needs to stop it. Stop labeling each other by gender, race, hair color, etc. What is a stereotype? Stereotypes are labels that people put on other people and themselves. Maybe it’s because it makes them people feel better about themselves, or maybe it’s not meant to hurt people at all but it does anyway. Stereotypes can be hurtful to a person and are generally false. There are a variety of stereotypes such as “all gingers have hot tempers and have no souls”, “all homeschoolers are socially awkward geniuses”, and “all Americans are obese and dim witted”. While these may be true in some cases, there are countless exceptions.

We later used these characteristics of high status in a perverse male character obsessed with being with ever-younger women to the point we parody him eventually masturbating a baby. The movements become ape-like, panting like a dog and soon he was on his knees barking and entirely playing the dog. We were able to challenge the common fetish of older men and the desire to make themselves look younger. The purpose of these scenes was to make the audience unable to ignore the message we were projecting; an understanding that our position in society is only defined relative to those we consider to be lesser or greater than our own. By forcing the audience to consider their roles in these relationships it becomes an easy step for them to see their place in a wider flawed system – as noted from the lecturer’s course material, “absent target – eg ‘the establishment’, personal target – eg ‘the audience'” (Taaffe 2015-2016)

I conceal my face with layers of makeup hoping that half a bottle of BB cream will be enough to make me as flawless as Kylie Jenner look on the cover of Seventeen magazine. I use innumerous acne medications, aspiring to be as unblemished as the girls in the Clean and Clear commercials. I reject bags of M&Ms and fudge brownies thinking that my sacrifices will make me “love my body” as much as the emaciated Victoria Secret models love theirs (see appendix A). I routinely shave my legs and armpits and pluck my eyebrows with fear of becoming the hairy woman the media deems horrendous. I do everything, yet feel like I am nothing. Nothing compared to the beautiful women pictured on television, magazines, and

Second of all, students in the United States schools are threatened or injured with a weapon has been increased every year. It is a most horrible and dangerous aspect of school violence because it can end students’ life. There are about 526,000 violence incidents each year reported by student age 18-24. Nevertheless, 128,000 of those included a weapon to the victim (Violence on Campus). It is a very large number that the society really needs to pay attention to. The percentage of students who are threatened or injured with a weapon varied between seven and nine percent during 1993 through 2009 (Robers et al. 18). Carrying weapon to schools is not a new topic in the United States since it has been happening for more than 10 years. However, weapon carrying among youth is totally unacceptable and it is associated with criminal activities. Base on the number data the author states, it is absolutely right when saying carrying weapon is the most hazardous issue happens in schools because youth brain’s immaturity has not grown fully. They not only do not have developed consciousness to be able to get access weapons but also are not responsible enough to take care of the problem. According to Benbenishty and Astor, half of the study see students with a knife in school (72). The authors’ point is logical because a knife is clearly a dangerous weapon that students can find it everywhere and bring it to school. It is surprising that carrying a knife to schools seems often to students.