Stereotypes Influencing Common People

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.

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.

Modern day stereotypes and prejudice only help to nationalize the hysteria and make it appear like less of a problem and more like entertainment. This can be seen, specifically, with the current Syrian Refugee Crisis occurring in the United States. Walter Kirn, an American novelist and literary critic, stated that ‘‘Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted.’’ (Kirn, Walter). Thus, proving that the Crucible was also looked upon as daily entertainment and the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Society has become more susceptible to hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials because of it’s contentment.

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.

As a society, we tend to stereotype. Whether our presumption is right or wrong, some common stereotypes are still accepted as truth no matter how much evidence there is proving another point of view. Three common stereotypes I see are those that involve abused women, Blacks and their love of fried chicken and the ability of older people learning foreign languages. Many of these stereotypes are reinforced by cultures and what is commonly seen within their culture. These stereotypes can have a long lasting effect on the people that are judged by the stereotype and a long lasting effect on the perception of those people.

He must be over fifty, that’s older than dirt. In today’s society, people tend to stereotype older people like; being out of touch with today’s society, when they reach a certain age, they’re no longer useful, or stubborn and they never want to try new things. On the contrary, I’m not my age, and I don’t ever plan on falling into that stereotype.

Socially constructed stereotypes play a role in the way that female professionals are perceived in the workplace (Wolfson 44). If there were firm-wide regulations for professional attire that were applicable to both women and men, then it would be appropriate. Female lawyers have a long-standing effort of “pushing boundaries of what is considered appropriate for the courtroom (Farmer 5).” A private firm can make the determination to enforce a dress code, but it cannot be discriminatory towards protected classes such as sex or religion, therefore, it is not appropriate for firms to restrict attire monitoring to female attorneys (Title VII, EEOC).

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.

In the most recent years, it has become very important for idols to shape the culture in society. In hopes to make it a better place one day. This where the public starts to put these idols on a pedestal and expect more and more from them. To shape the culture they have come from as well. Later on, idols believe they are the only ones who can start movements; or even just influence a certain group, to bring on more fans.

Stereotypes. That is what most people would say of gender representation in popular culture. It is in the same jumbled up mess with sexism. Gender representation are deeply rooted in our community that most of the times, we are not even aware when stereotyping happens. It is rooted in us most probably because of the social status that we get far back when we were in our mother’s womb. Speaking of womb, physical aspects also make stereotyping a lot more unavoidable. On top of all of that comes culture that we were exposed to when growing up and exposed on a daily basis. From comic books, cartoons to blockbuster movies, men and women are constantly given an image that causes us to be indoctrinated to view certain aspects as the normal characteristics,

Popular culture is more visible in our modern day society than ever before. Stereotypes (both good and bad) are being thrown around unfairly by those who aren't even educated about the topic. Ironically, our society continues to listen to these uneducated individuals and as a result, these individuals are having a large impact in the way society looks at certain topics. Let's not discard the simple fact that we too are guilty of throwing these unfair criticisms and stereotypes at individuals whom we disagree with. It is human nature to make assumptions about a person by the way they dress, talk, who they hang out with, and their characteristics. Popular culture has swept all over the globe and has had an effect in places like grade school to

In all honesty, every single part of Santa Clara’s vision appeals to me. A strong belief of mine that has been solidified through the communities I have joined this year is that being uneducated leads to division. One of the communities is ALLY/APANO, who are individuals, mostly students, who unite to fight against the social injustice in the world. We do so through protest and campaigns that is aimed to educate the public, if we can eliminate the stereotypes placed upon each other and make others understand, this would unite us. One of the biggest accomplishment made is that ethnic studies are now being implemented and added to Portland Public Schools curriculum, one step closer to the big picture of unity. Another fun fact I’ve learned through

We all have been stereotyped before, whether we know it or not. Basically, what stereotyping is, is when a person, or a group of people describe a race, or another group a people as specific things. For example, the Asian stereotype includes, being intelligent, having small eyes, wearing glasses, and not having fun. However, many of these descriptions prove to be false, and can sometimes have a negative effect on people. Usually, stereotypes only bring people down, and those who accept the stereotypes only makes matters worse because they’re basically telling people that they can describe that race as their given stereotype(s).

When the word style comes up in a conversation or comes to mind I do not find myself identifying the word with a particular image. I see multiple pictures in my head, all from different sources, whether in a magazine, video, television, the internet, etc. All these different sources have one thing rather than an image linked to them, a word: influence. Every human has been influenced one way or another by mass media pertaining to style/ image, which has shaped me my view on culture, style, social media and how people view me. Todays culture is bombarded with images of how someone should look, dress, eat and even talk.

In this new society, people with a 50% chance of cancer would get passed over for a job in favour of the person with .01% chance of cancer. It would be terrifying to live in a society with that type of social stratification.