Response Paper: The Impact of Cultural Stereotypes

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.

This study focuses on the how different people response to different targets based on the race of the target based on their stereotypes. This study was brought on by the shooting and killing of an unarmed black man named Amadou Diallo who was thought to be an alleged rapist that the police were looking for. It is thought that the police officers shot Diallo based off of his race and stereotyping. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the police officers would have still treated Diallo the same way if he was White. The results were that stereotypes played a role in how fast an armed and unarmed African American male is shot and how fast an armed an unarmed White male is shot. Overall, African Americans were shot more whether they

Stereotypes refers to the features imposed upon individual groups which are conventional, formulaic and exaggerated regarding to their nationality, race and sexual alignment, among many others (Stuart Ewen & Elizabeth Ewen; 2006). These features tend to be over simplications of the groups involved. For instance, somebody who meets some few people from a certain country and finds them to be old fashioned and quit may spread to all the people from the country in question are reserved and quiet. A simplification like this doesn’t tolerate diversity among groups and may lead in stigmatization and wrong perception of the groups if the stereotypes associated to them are largely negative (Hilton &von, 1996). Even the so known as

The US is home to people of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. I define race as how society portrays humans in categories. For instance, when the US government asks citizens to identify themselves, the options include American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or White*. This causes the media to portray stereotypes which is where society learns from (and associates with) how people of different races look like, thus creating the mould of how certain people should look based on their race.*** Racism in my perspective is seeing each category as unequal therefore treating them unfairly. Because of how strongly society portrays others, I used to portray others in the

We have all questioned an idea or belief at least once in our lifetime. If everyone believed what they were told, we would all think Santa is real, swallowing the seed of a watermelon will make one grow in our stomachs, and the tooth fairy was the one to put money under our pillows, not mom and dad. It is our questioning that truly makes us human. Of course, many beliefs that are questioned are not those childhood topics such as old St. Nick or intestinal gardens. The biggest idea I have ever questioned is where I stand politically. Being born into the household I was, and developing the friend group I have, made me think I was just like the rest of them. As I have gotten older, I have learned we are allowed to question those around us, and develop our own ideas and opinions.

Good turnout this year. All the kids seem nice, hopefully some of them are doodlers, I have been wanting some new tattoos. As it is the beginning of the year, I have been scrubbed squeaky clean to make the school seem more professional. I mean of course I still have some indentations, but they are only a heart that says “RS+DS” and a rocketship. At least I hope it is a rocketship. You never know what to expect with the doodlers. Some of them are “damaged” kids who draw band logos and write emo song lyrics everywhere, some are jocks apparently confused of their sexuality and feel the need to draw “rocket ships” everywhere, some are just bored kids drawing a tornado or a star, and the elite few are actual artists with a light hand and a good eye for detail. I like the artist ones the most, it makes me content that I may be supporting a kid who becomes successful. As for some other kids, well, at least they have a nice smile.

There are so many different Stereotypes in the world. As a Muslim, the biggest stereotype is that Muslims are see as “terrorist” and I blame the media. The media has played a huge role on stereotypes. The media shows the ideal Muslim as a “terrorist”. It all began on September 11 2001 when a hijacked airliner crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City. Arabs are now called “terrorists” because of the 9/11 attack. Don’t get me wrong, this was very tragic and was very hard for America. Many people died and many families left heartbroken. My heart goes out to all the families. However, this doesn’t define Arabs as terrorist rather it was Osama bin ladan or how some say the government. The media loves portraying as Muslims as terrorists

Negatively Stereotyping others is a substantially serious social issue in todays society. There are various different underlining issues like hate crimes, bullying, suicides and deaths that compose the severity of it alarming in todays society. Countless people stereotype without acknowledging the effects. As shown throughout their actions and behaviors, even their children begin to obtain the same attributes and judgmental state of minds as their parents. In reality, todays society most likely doesn't stop an consider the cause and affect. While others on the opposite side of this situation might suffer detrimental effects. Field studies shown on children who were bullied, were more than likely to have long term psychological issues through

Many individuals agree that at a given point in life they have committed some form of prejudiced. Even with a difficult aspect of understanding stereotypes. The best thing to do can be to give people a chance when it comes to judging them. One of the following examples occur to myself in my first year of college. However, throughout life I always never showed prejudiced not even a small amount. Although, each day can be different the best option seems to be understanding of others. In a more detailed version the prejudiced seem as I misinterpreted against African American classmates. Soon my understanding about appeared extraordinary, and change my perspective towards black individuals in a broader picture. In my experience the following event occur, mainly because it is human nature to discriminate and label just by the looks of someone.

The importance of becoming aware of your own biases and stereotypes as prepare for a career in the health care field is that as an individual you become more understanding and open minded towards the general need of a population and the need of others that might have grew up differently. This understanding of the differences and the ability of asking the right questions depending on the interaction will result a better observation when it comes to health care field, especially when it comes to determining a condition or finding a treatment for a patient. For example, as was told on the YouTube video “Overcoming Cultural Stereotypes” that African American men have a dangerous reaction that is similar to a stroke if they take Beta Blockers,

After I read the sources I realized how important demographics are for literature and TV shows. It’s interesting how demographics of a country can affect the entire economy on a country. For example, in one of the sources I read how now channels have more advertisements on prescriptions and travel that 20 years ago did not exist. I believe that older people are as important as the younger generations for the TV industries and economics in general because they are the ones that have the money and they are as involve in the technology world as younger generations.

A barrier to my personal engagement in culturally competent practice with Muslims is that I am still trying to figure out how to rationalize my negative thoughts and fears that I hold towards this group. In addition, I am still learning and growing personally in my cultural development. When still trying to learn and grow personally, being competent can be difficult, because I am not yet competent within myself. Before I can assist anyone else in attaining their personal values, beliefs, whether related to cultural ties or not, I need to be aware of my own values and beliefs that lie within my faith and cultural background; I need to become more culturally aware of myself. (Lum, 2011).

I disagree Fletcher, the world is made up of many different ethnicities and their values and customs play a role in how they perceive and treat others. For instance, I have known several people from Spain who consider themselves at the top of the Hispanic culture and would not associate with people from Puerto Rico as they would consider them beneath them. Most of Europe has that view on Americans as well. The culture of the south has an emphasis placed on being overly nice and polite to others, whether they mean it or not. As a New Yorker I have heard that we are considered rude by many southerners. I find this opinion to be based off of a misconception. Our values are different and that leads us to handle others through our own eyes. For

In our world today we struggle with stereotypes causing many issues in our society. Some problems we encounter are Same Sex Marriage, The Black lives matter movement, feminism, Terrorism, and who is the best president for 2017. We believe that same sex marriage is not right, there is a difference in a person because the color of their skin, women have less value, and should we send US troops to fight against ISIS. These are one of the biggest problems in the world today and I believe we should start taking action now instead of waiting around for some miracle to happen. Some of these issues have been around for centuries.

The fear of loss spawns a fundamental need to feel superior. Unfortunately for both parties at hand, this need to feel superior is often linked with ignorance, thus making it impossible for actual superiority to be established in any way. This creates a need to draw conclusions that, while not necessarily true, distinguish one individual from another in ways that draw on stereotypes and heresy. Those with racist thoughts or ideals never achieve any semblance of comparative excellency without believing and enhancing the idea that an uncontrollable factor in another makes them fundamentally inferior. This insatiable thirst to be bigger, stronger, richer, prettier, or more well-liked than any tangible opponent may be initially inherited from fear