Stereotypes : The Influence Of Identity And Social Media

No matter how open-minded a person may claim to be, everyone makes presumptions on first impressions or rumors. Despite seeing someone for only a split second, people make assumptions about others’ attitude, personality, and character! Usually, people tend to notice things that they feel are grounds to pass judgment upon. The quote “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” by Harper Lee is a quote that truly signifies how people should perceive others. Rather than judging someone, people should place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their way of thinking

When it comes to the topic of stereotypes, most of us will readily agree that each and everyone of us fits into at least one of them regarding our gender, age, race, and more. Where this agreement usually develops is on the question of whether or not we know how to respond to these stereotypes. Therefore, it can be said that the stereotypes imposed on one individual can cause him or her to stimulate personal insecurities as a young person. Yet, as they mature, they are able to realize that one can avoid this phase of self-deprecation by not embodying those negative stereotypes, thereby emphasizing that although one doesn’t have control of the stereotypes, they can still resist the negative impacts.

In this world we live in, people are easily influenced by others. What or whoever influences you, that becomes a part of your identity. Having an identity is what makes you who you are. A person’s choice in music, clothes, cars, their environment, social life all influence your personality.

Stereotypes are always around. Everywhere, everyday. The truth is that there is no escaping it. Walking down the school hallways sounds of the people around echo endlessly. “Nerd,” someone yells. “Loser!” Another student boldly pronounces. Not one individual in the world enjoys being called mean things, or being labeled with a negative stereotype. Would someone give up the some of the things that they love to make a negative stereotype disappear? Would someone go as far as changing their identity because of a stereotype? Why? People change their identity when they are negatively stereotyped because they are either seen as something that they don't want to be seen as, or they would rather fit in then be themselves.

In todays society people tend to stereotype others in many ways. The media has created a misconception on humanity that has spread among society. News, Internet and other sources of information have created a negative view on certain people in the

People in our society today are too quick to judge and stereotype others before they get to know someone. Stereotyping can be found when. In the book “The Outsiders” By S.E. Hinton there are many examples of stereotyping. People in our society today are always judging people because of their Social class and appearances. We are to quick to judge each other before we are able to get to know them.

Have you ever judged someone when you first saw them, if so you’re just like other people. According to Google dictionary, “A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” We treat people the way we do because of prejudice and stereotypes. People will stereotype you because of how you dress and who you hangout with.

I normally do not voice my opinions on social media, but since this incident happened and the effects of it are within a few miles of from where I currently am, I feel it is reasonable and necessary. Within an hour of the news being released and media completely distorting the actual details, protests began. Immediately some assumed that racial stereotypes had played a part in this matter, despite the fact it was an African-American officer who fired the weapon. Yes, I do understand people can be racist or accept stereotypes of their own race. Yet, what continuously discombobulates me is the fact that in recent shootings, these "victims" have knowingly disobeyed the officer's order. Even though these officers could have (and probably should

I commend you for openly saying that you have such bias against that group of people. However, as a police officer, it is your responsibility to serve and protect the people. Meaning, you have to protect everyone regardless of their gender preference. You are on your way to acceptance because you have acknowledged the problem and you can do it. We have biases towards certain groups of people, race you name it. However, it takes a brave person to acknowledged

Although stereotyping is not always true, people did form the idea out of something, therefore stereotyping works to a certain extent. People many not have all of the same traits as their stereotype, but they usually have most of them. People are quick to judge the judges, which is a hypercritical judgement to make.

Since identity is so often built from fads, it is a reflection of culture. People want to be like what they see on television and hear on the radio. So people mold themselves to be like the idols they are so infatuated with. It?s always about what?s popular, and by looking at a large group you can tell what that is at any given time, because people like to connect their identities with one another. It creates a sense of belonging and acceptance that humans need in order to feel like they fit into society. People have to be able to bond with one another. Having a vastly different identity makes you an outcast, and no one wants to know how it feels to be the loner. So people alter themselves to ensure that they will

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

As humans, we judge everyone. When we look at someone we distinguish who they are through the color of their skin, hair, and the overall way that they look. So when you see someone they have already been categorized in your head sometimes without even knowing it. The problem with this is people are identified by their characteristics physically, and not their character, personally. By doing this we create opinions of others based on stereotypes.

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.

As a society, we have generally become more accepting of different people and minorities in our country have come a long way in their fight for equality. We have made strides leading to serious changes in America in an effort for true equality to exist in our culture. However, racism towards minorities still does exist. Many people in this country believe that minority stereotypes that are seen on television are based on reality, not fiction.