Stereotypes And Limitations

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

Based upon the lecture it is now my opinion that race is an ideology and should not be considered a physical fact. As presented in the lecture, just because someone appears to be black, does not mean they should be classified as solely “black.” The example given about Barack Obama having a white birth mother and black birth father, and yet he is classified as black. I am curious to know if Obama himself classifies himself as black, or if this is something the public classifies him as. I think most people consider race as a physical fact but should not. An example being when someone appears to be Asian, but in reality they could be a mixture of different ethnicities. Many stereotypes are based upon physical facts, rather than the actual knowledge

I like that you mentioned the effect of race with European settlers and indigenous people and the myths and stereotypes that come with race. This is such an interesting topic because much of the USA's history with race has strong associations with stereotypes that were used to keep a group of people oppressed.

Lopez’s writing is important to my paper because he documents the social and psychological history of human interactions with wolves. Mr. Lopez has been a highly respected authority on human and wolf interactions, and his first hand research for Of Wolves and Men was extensive. His recounting of the vicious and cruel treatment that wolves were subjected to documents the almost incomprehensible evil the human animal is capable of. This information helps present the mindset that many people have carried forward to today, and illustrates the irrational fear and hatred humans still exhibit when dealing with wolves. He gave a startling and alarming window into the human mind, and clearly demonstrates the resistance the wolf reintroduction and recovery efforts had to go up

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.

On a daily bases people make excuses for everything. Everything meaning our actions and the things that we say. Common things that we make excuse for deal with sexist, racist, and heterosexist comments. Sexist is classified as saying that one sex is better than the other. An example of this is someone calling a male or female something that they are not. I do not like this because we are all humans and deserve to be respected and not called something that is degrading. We all know that racist is downgrading one race compared to another. An example of this is, saying that all black people are loud and ghetto. We all act the same but some people do certain things different from others. That’s just there way of living. I do not think that just because one person acts one way the whole race does also. Heterosexist is defined as heterosexuality is better than all other expressions. An example of this would be talking about how a guy dresses and calling him gay. I do not agree with this as well because it is good to stand out and be your own person not matter how others see you.

Why make false allegations of sexual attack happen? Hearing of false sexual allegations is sad to hear. Whenever somebody hears any sexual attack that had been taken in place in time makes anybody feel heavy-hearted. People can only imagine what the victim and the victim's family is going through. At what age can this happen? “males or females of any age, race, social class, appearance or sexual orientation.” Most likely from age twelve or older are rape or sexual assault each year. The time of year this mostly occurs is in the summer. There is an average of 293,066 victims each year. In light of, even when someone here, that the alleged sexual attacker was falsely accused just makes anyone feel melancholy. False allegations can follow you all your life, accusing someone of an attack can make them go into a depression, and allegations can prevent people from getting a job.

False rape accusations can be incredibly destructive to the lives of those who are accused. As such, it is important that each case is investigated to the fullest extent possible and that the situations remain disclosed to the public until a verdict is reached. The idea of "innocent until proven guilty" must always be protected in our society; Allowing any case to ignore this philosophy is detrimental to freedom and due process all over the country. However, it is also very important to make sure that women and men can feel safe to report if they have been raped. People should not be shamed for reporting a rape, but they often are. Unfortunately, even the most cherished of people can turn out to be sexual predators. For example,

In my seventeen years of life, an awards event hosted by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) is the one thing that exposed me to what diversity should be. Each person that bought a ticket was given free reign to be who they are. People from every age, gender, sexuality, race, religion, and social class was given equal opportunity to be themselves. It wasn’t diverse because of strategic planning, but because people wanted to be there. This event made me realize three main things: those who complain that inclusion of certain demographics is unnecessary are those who are not exposed to those people, there is a societal structure forced upon people, and there are so many things that I must learn.

This past discussion that we had in class was very interesting. Growing up in the world that we live in you tend to see things on social media but not really grasp the idea of what you saw. I really did not learn about any of this growing up. The idea of multiple genders I didn’t see it in my schools my parents did not really talk about it. To be honest they did not talk about that topic at all. I don’t know if they are ignorant on that topic or they refuse to acknowledge it. I’ve seen and heard people talk about it but I’ve never really knew about it. It wasn’t until I went to class and that I learned more in depth into it. Growing up in a strict religious Caribbean household there is a lot of conversations that do not happen. I think they would lowkey

1.) I believe that the stereotypes of the majority groups are less damaging because they are less likely to be negative. For example, a stereotype of the wealthy is that they are “living the dream.” Yet they can be negative, for example, a stereotype of a politician is that they are “never to be trusted.” These stereotypes may often be outweighed by the success brought by the status of that majority group. In contrast, the stereotypes of minority groups are often more derogatory and attacking in content. For example, janitors are frequently assumed to be “poor and uneducated,” this stereotype can be more damaging to one’s self-esteem.

A thirteen year old boy who attends the Chimacum Middle School in Washington sexually assaulted a seven year old girl on the school bus they share. Since both students are minors their identities are being withheld from news reports. The Huffington Post shared the story on July 3 that the youthful teen raped the seven year old girl multiple times and is being charged with three counts of first-degree rape.

Yearly, the researchers collected the following: the number of livestock depredated, the livestock population, a wolf population estimate, the number of wolf breeding pairs, and the number of wolves killed for each wolf-occupied area in each of the three states. All of this data was quantitative and based on numbers. This data was based on the population of livestock and wolves for a tri-state area each year for 25 years. The data was collected from a couple of different federal agencies. The number of livestock (cattle and sheep) depredated, wolf population estimates, number of wolf breeding pairs, and number of wolves killed in each state were obtained from the United States Fish and Wildlife Services Interagency Annual Wolf Report on a yearly basis. The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service provided the livestock populations for each

Different populations have been seen reacting negatively, while others have reacted positively or neutrally. In Wells (2005) it was suggested that crowd size had a negative impact on the gorillas at the Belfast Zoological Gardens in Northern Ireland. The gorillas had increased aggression during large crowd sizes and appeared less stressful during low visitor periods. However, some populations of gorillas did not show an increase in undesirable behavior in relation to larger crowd size. In Kuhar (2008) there were no significant findings that suggested crowd size played any role in the behavior of the gorillas. In a study conducted by Ross and Lukas (2006) it was found that during crowds of high density or low density alike, there were no significant differences in gorilla behavior. Interestingly, in Wells (2006) the researchers suggest that some auditory stimulation, such as that from visitors, can be a form of enrichment for the gorillas rather than a source of stress. Similarly, in Stoinski et al., (2012) there were no significant effects of crowd size for some of the behaviors they analyzed. Other behaviors they observed did change in relation to crowd size such as contact aggression and undesirable behavior but those behaviors changes were not seen as significant and it is suggested that crowds may affect some individuals and not

As a little child, your parents annoyed you, ordering you to do this and not that, having to act like this and not like that. Everyday, you just had to stuff the words of your parents nagging and bothersome orders and commands into your head. In addition, television, games, internet, and social media convinced people like you in a quite simple way, by imprinting their idea of what you are supposed to look like, talk like, and how important or useless you were to our society. This captures and defines the form of stereotype.