Skewed Stereotypes

The single story is about how a people stereotypes one another based on what they learned through books, media, people, and other sources. For example, Chimamnda announced how she viewed Mexicans as immigrants and them trying to get through the borders, but the moment she stepped foot into Mexico the perspective she got from other sources changed everything. She was ashamed of herself because when she visit the view was completely different because what she saw was happiness, love, and fun. The single story is an image that is created based upon information that was given, but not on your own perspective. In other words, it is the truth to the reality. For example, when people hear of Niagara everyone think of land, poor, Africa, homeless,

In today's world there are many prejudices towards society's standards and it affects people negatively especially women. Being attractive can get you anywhere. Having good looks and a nice body gets you places most of the time. It is harsh but it is the truth. A social experiment has actually found that to be true.

MISCONCEPTION IS BORN OUT OF MISCOMMUNICATION. WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE THINKING THAT TOMATOES ARE VEGETABLES AND BEING UNSURE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DESSERT” AND “DESERT”, YOU’D COME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE. IN SOME WAY, I’D DESCRIBE MY UNSUCCESSFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL AS SUCCESSFUL.

The article I found on the website http://www.marketingteacher.com/the-six-living-generations-in-america/) states, “Millennials were raised in a digital environment and prefer to retrieve most of their information from the internet.” I am a member of Generation Y, and I agree with this statement. My generation likes to receive information in real time. I believe that there lies some truth in all stereotypes. My generation has a totally different mindset than our parents did. My parents are Baby Boomers and they placed heavy emphasis on education and working a job for thirty years. In today’s society, that way of thinking is not the best formula for success because the world has changed. My grandparents were from the GI/Mature

Ever since Elsie died, he had grown more bitter. Elsie had left for work just as Cyril was coming back. Then when he woke up again, she wasn’t there. And she still wasn’t there when he got back. They never found her body. For all Cyril knew, she had run off. But that wasn’t like Elsie. She would have stayed and helped her family. That’s what she wanted most in the world.

Atypicals were first successfully introduced in the 1990s (Shen, 1999). The benefit of these drugs is that they are less likely to cause movement disorders than the typicals. But they instead, however, cause weight gain, leading to a much higher risk of diabetes. They also cause drug-specific side effects. For example, risperidone can increase serum prolactin leading to galactorrhea through its action on the dopamine tuberoinfundibular system, and clozapine can cause agranulocytosis, fatal seizures, and constipation. Atypicals do not have a higher efficacy than typicals, apart from clozapine, which is more efficacious than any other antipsychotic.

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.

Allow me to explain something about myself I have never liked babies. In my eyes they weren’t cute they were just small wrinkly whinny humans with a self-destruct button on the top of the skulls and they grew up to be awful people. Those adorable babies become the vile beings who cut in front of you in line, who talk back to their parents, who chew with their mouths open, who talk politics at thanksgiving dinner. Despite this millions of people still want children and I never comprehended why. Do they expect their child to be the exception? Well, I’ve learned the answer is yes everyone thinks their child is the exception but they're wrong because my niece is.

How does one go about telling their story when they don’t have a story to tell? I’m not a Hollywood character. I’m not making it into any history textbooks. I’m just trying to breathe, which can be really hard. I’m nobody special, and I’ve accepted that. I’m a little, insecure, insignificant nobody. I’m a side character in my own story.

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.

Today I got a call from the manager of the Summer Hills apartment complex. He called in regards of two suspicious men in the apartments. However, when I arrived the two men were gone. Luckily the manager caught the whole scene on camera so I could get a description of the two and maybe get an idea of what had gone down. As I watched the video I noticed one guy with a tan jacket with a black hood. I could not really tell his skin color because the jacket covered his skin. The second guy in the video was blurred out so I have no description of him.

Muslims are terrorist, Asians are smart. These are examples of stereotypes. Society still needs to learn to respect the humanity of all people. Putting people in groups like religion, body types, our jobs, and country in origin makes people think that our society doesn’t matter. In order to change our society with no bad stereotypes, reading these article will help change our ways in society.

“Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.” - Laird Hamilton. Psychologically the mind is a person's worst enemy and I manage to witness that, but I also want to study it and use it to help people. Struggling with depression was one of the worst and best things I have encountered, it has built me to the person that I am, someone who’s willing to work for the better without giving up.

“The moment there is imagination there is myth” by Camille Paglia . What this quote mean to me is that, Human beings have always been myth-makers, once we start imagining we start making inferences, that is what thrive us on being a stereotype.Stereotypes are a part of our daily life. People being stereotyped every day and anywhere . Sometimes we can find ourselves in the situation where we make stereotypes of other people. Each person, old or young , is designated with either a positivism or negativism stereotypes. Stereotyping is a way that people categorize others .Each person is called by a certain name, that doesn’t really fit to them in that specific rank. Stereotypes

I appreciate diversity and equality because I am an immigrant myself and live through the benefits of being an immigrant. I grew up with those who are of Black, Brown, Hispanic, White and other Asians heritage and it has allowed me to judge everyone the same. I am glad that because I was an immigrant, my moral judgments can differentiate whether someone was joking or being racist, and my background helped me to be sensitive towards others.