Summary: Actions Speak Louder Than The Label

We often do stereotype others just because it is more simple to refer a person to a particular group.

Stereotyping is a part of us as humans. For some people, it is a big part and for others, it is something little. No matter who you really are or what situation you are in, you will be stereotyped at one point. I think stereotyping can be dangerous and can lead to bullying. People get stereotyped all the time and people do the stereotyping all the time. I think it is a part of our view on the world and sometimes, people can not change that view.

Stereotypes are unescapable. No matter what part of the world you are at or who you are talking to, everyone has some bias. Claude Steele say’s exactly this in his book “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” when he states “ We could all take out a piece of paper, write down the major stereotypes of these identities, and show a high degree of agreement in what we wrote.” His piece addresses the effects of stereotypes, which result in what Steele calls “stereotype threat”. Stereotype threat is being aware that there is an expected behavior or response to a certain part of your identity and being afraid to carry out this expected behavior or response. The threat of proving this stereotype can cause you to lose

Stereotypes should be diminished because they are a hindrance to individual expression and they apply tremendous pressure on the average person. Resembling a stereotype is almost impossible because new trends are set at a moderate pace and one image almost never remains permanent; a person could really never find

Stereotyping is a way of venting out negativity and developing understanding, which attempts to generalize the problem and simplifies reasoning. When we lack information on something, or we wish to feel superior

The world is full of stereotypes. Every person has been stereotypes at least once in their lives. There have always been people who walk around and stereotype just be first impressions. Yet, by seeing someone on the streets one can not make a complete perception of that person, for the constant emotions that vary just be a walk by. Stereotypes cause people to have an incomplete picture of others and can damage individuals and groups.

A stereotype is a fine example of a judgement error (Bethel University, 2013). So often, people will make a quick judgement about someone else strictly based off of appearance or nationality. For instance, in school, new students may see the different groups of students joined together and assume that the “jocks” of the school are big and strong, but not very smart. Meanwhile, people may also assume that the “nerds” of the school are

The horrible thing with stereotypes, is if you know your stereotype you tend to act like your stereotype to try to fit in. In an article by Clifton B. Parker, he was talking about

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.

Stereotypes are common oversimplified beliefs based on assumptions about a specific group of individuals. They are generally biased and aren’t based on the truth and oftentimes are highly incorrect and degrading to those certain individuals. Today, we live in a society that is conditioned to make instant judgements on someone even before they speak, which should be considered as a great concern. Especially when a greater issue stems from this when we use that instant judgement after that initial meeting as a sole perspective because after that it’s no longer a stereotype but a prejudice assumption.

We have all been stereotyped at a point of our lives because of the “groups” we were born into, like our gender or nationality. People identify Arabian Americans as terrorists because they are middle eastern. Others assume that all Mexicans came to America illegally. It is predetermined that girls can only become nurses, not doctors. We commonly categorize people into groups that society has a popular belief about. Society associates these individuals into groups we think we they should be in. We make judgements about someone, taking their identity away before even meeting them. It seems as though stereotypes are used so we can justify our racist behaviors and attitudes.

In life we do not pay attention on how much of the time we tend to use stereotypes to judge others. Stereotypes are mostly used to distinguish classes between poor, working class. Middle class, and rich people. As we grew up we were taught in school, parents, and friends how to know the differences between people based on stereotyping them, many people just manage to just have hate towards a certain class and or just misinterpret others base on how they dress. Stereotypes have had a huge impact on everyone in our society today. Prejudging is an act we do not manage to acknowledge, it is something we do every day. Stereotyping is an act we are born with but do not realize that we do it until we actually think

Stereotyping also comes across as categorising others for example certain types of people such as religious people will be looked at different in someone else is eyes, causing people to be judgemental towards the religious person.

The main population accused of stereotyping is teenagers; they are seen as rude and judgmental. For example, in high school the people are divided into groups by how they dress and whom they hang out with. There are the skaters, freaks, preps, snobs, cheerleaders, jocks and nerds. No one person set up

By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have. Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes.