Prejudice, Discrimination, And Stereotypical Situation

Stereotyping and discrimination are very deeply ingrained in American culture. Even though there have been movements taken to combat stereotyping and discrimination such as the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights movement, and the Black Lives Matter Movement, it still exists. This raises the question of, how do we end it? While there is no definite answer there is a way to avoid stereotyping and discrimination. The three essayists Bharati Mukherjee, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Brent Staples and show that by learning about stereotyping, people can also learn how to change themselves to avoid discrimination based on stereotypes. By comparing and contrasting these essayists experiences as well as outside research to show the theme of why people

Prejudice is the preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. In

Stereotyping leads to prejudice. If I am walking in a park and I see a group of people walking towards me (lets say all are white males) and they are dressed up and look very nice. I do not panic, now another group is walking towards me and now this group is all men (African Americans) and they are dressed and conduct themselves just the same as the first group, but I panicked with this group. Why because I stereotyped the second group and if I was prejudice no matter how they dressed or acted I would be afraid of them because they are black. I judge them based on skin color and not on individuality.

Centuries ago, black people were thought to be ignorant and not worthy of equality. Their labor was used as a means to generate wealth for the south – this is why the South was opposed to ending slavery (they weren’t going to find white people who wanted to do the hard labor that was required on their farms). White people made sure that black people were submissive and didn’t allow them the same basic rights such as purchasing goods or a home, traveling freely, or attend school. This continued to stifle them through time and kept them in an inferior position that could be used to continue the stereotype that they weren’t smart or worthy of anything more than they had. This view was passed on from generation to generation – even after black people were given their full rights as

Fat people are funny. If you wear Crocs means that you are a complete dork. If you are pretty, you are smart, and if you are ugly you are stupid. Little old ladies that have a lot of cats are nice. These are examples of prejudice. It is in schools, on the radio, and on TV. Prejudice is what we think of people or things just because other people look like or act like that. Prejudice is a preconceived idea that is in no way based on a reason or actual experience or evidence. Prejudice is a major problem for many people in the United States and many other places in the world, but the more you know about prejudice, the easier it is to identify and stop it.

Today I will be talking about how prejudice and discrimination affected the development of sociology in America in the late 19th century and early 20th century. In the late 19th century women didn't have the same rights as men. When it came to providing for the family only the men could work outside the home. Women were expected to stay home, cook, clean, make clothing for the family, and take fare of the children. Segregation went on in the 19th century as well. No African Americans were allowed at the same place or the times as a caucasian person. Because this was going on in this century attending school, churches, restaurants, concerts and many other places caused problems with socializing together. This also affected some of the people

What if I were to tell you that you that for the rest of your life, you would be unfairly judged, and possibly even discriminated against, based on false perceptions and ideas gathered from influences that only resemble you in the vaguest of ways, most likely being, skin color? And what if no matter how an individual person chooses to carry oneself, they will still commonly be regarded as a member of said misconceptions? Enter, stereotype: “A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.”(1)

Stereotypes are a streamlined idea of a certain group which can eventually spread prejudice which is a belief on a group of people. The difference is that stereotypes can be formed by experiences whereas prejudices are people taking a stereotype and believing it, but they do not have experience on a certain group. For example, a person may have seen that some Mexicans act rough and messy, but that person could share their experiences with other people who may not know Mexicans well. As a result, other people will take that stereotype and believe it, forming a prejudice inside their mind. If they were to meet a Mexican person, they would just assume that they are all rough and messy, despite having no prior experiences with Mexicans. Discrimination can consist of actions done to a group of people. Discrimination is not the same as Racism as discrimination is the unequal treatment of a person based on their race. Racism is a stronger type of prejudice that is used to claim that one race is superior to other races. An example of Racism is the Ku Klux Klan as their members believe whites are superior to any other race. They do not discriminate by mistreating other races. Instead, they spread hate speech and commit hate crimes to try to show that whites are better than other races.

Living in the world, we face different kinds of people every day, which means we need to communicate with others and make decisions upon others. Naturally, the attitude and method in dealing with diversity becomes a basic skill for people. It is important to know how to communicate and make decisions in a proper way. Facing diverse people and objects, people usually classify them. The advantage people gain from classification is organizing and making things easier to understand. However, when it comes to communication and decision-making, classification may cause some problems. As the name indicates, the topic of the book goes around stereotype, and it provides the readers a better

Racism, prejudice, and stereotyping are major issues in America. Racism is defined as “a set of beliefs that one’s own racial group is superior to other groups (Benokraitis, 2014, p. 185). The existence of racism comes hand to hand with hate groups. Hate groups are an organized group of individuals who demonstrates hatred against people of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other designated sector of society. One particular hate group that I would like to explore is “World Church of the Creator”. “World Church of the Creator” is a white supremacist group that considers itself a religion found on the proposition that the white race is “nature’s highest creation ("ADL- World Church of the Creator", 2001).

In social psychology, a stereotype is defined as a generalized belief about a particular group of people, whether or not the generalization is accurate. People tend to judge others based on their age, gender, race, social status, background and other categories. In the book, To Kill A MockingBird by Harper Lee, stereotypes play a huge role in determining how the characters: Tom Robinson,Walter Cunningham, and Arthur(Boo) Radley are viewed by others and expected to be. These stereotypical opinions of others lead to a cruel and deranged society.

Why does the United States have to use this word called prejudice and why do we have to use this word to discriminate hate? People today in this generation as I am typing this paper they are either judging or misjudging one another by the color tone of their skin. Most or maybe all of us are being treated differently by their looks of their body parts, the stylish clothes they are wearing, or what type of things they do just to live to get thought the day without any trouble. Many of us have been through struggles to make their lives better to having luxury items to make them feel joyful to live their lives every day. Living their lives to the fullest, or the best way they can to make themselves feel special in a way.

Stereotypes are something that we are all affected by in our everyday lives in one way or another. You may have made a stereotype about someone, and not even realize that you are stereotyping them. For that reason I believe that there are many different stereotypes embedded into our minds. Everyone has made a stereotype about someone, and may have been wrong or right about that stereotype. Either way if you were wrong or right about what you thought about, or labeled on a person, it is still a stereotype. I have noticed that people do not take the time to get to know someone, but rather stereotype them off appearances or gender, or religion, and many other different categories of people.

Racial discrimination has been around for centuries and most recently in the 2016 election when a presidential candidate made repulsive comments about Mexicans in the United States calling them rapist and drug dealers. There is more than just the racial bigotry but there is also political and economic injustice that still in today’s society most Mexican Americans are not giving opportunities because of the color of their skin and the thick accent they carry when speaking English.

The most evident type of discrimination would be racial discrimination. People tend to say inappropriate remarks of people due to their race, which then leads to stereotyping an individual due to their skin color. Some stereotypes that Hispanics have encounter are being called lazy, uneducated, undocumented, criminal, rapists, and are often accused of gang affiliation. These stereotypes often lead to harassment such as naming calling such as wetback, farm picker, greaser and much more. Hispanics aren’t the only ones that are often victims. African – Americans are also victims and are often target for inappropriate stereotyping as well as racial profiling. According to an article called “11 Facts about Racial Discrimination,” Hispanics and