The Errors And Its Effects On The New Way Of View Life

Labeling is not the right thing to do, but it is necessary in order for people to find out who they are. Labeling is necessary for people to make friendships. The basis of friendships are to find people that have the same ideologies and personality types as you do. This would not be as easy to identify if it wasn’t for society putting labels on people. Even though labeling isn’t right, people are accustomed and comfortable with it because it allows people to be in their comfort zone. Labeling people also gives people a sense of

Labeling theory holds that individuals come to identify and act as per their labels. The major tenet of this theory is that the behavior and self-identity of individuals is affected by the way they are described by other people (Vold, Bernard, Snipes, & Gerould, 2016). According to this theory, the act of deviance is not implicit in a particular act, but is hedged on the inclination of the majority to ascribe labels to minorities in society who deviate from standard behavior. Labeling leads to dramatization of a particular act – which propagates the behavioral clash between the individual and the community. Through ascribing labels, the individuals acquire a negative self-image. The individuals accept themselves as labeled by the

Some sociologists believe that the cause of crime and deviance is labelling which is when a label is attached to a person or group of people due to their appearance, sex, ethnicity etc. Labelling theory argues that once this label has been attached it can create a self fulfilling prophecy, which is when the person begins to act according to the label and hence it comes true simply through being made. Labelling is similar to stereotyping but this is when a person assigns certain characteristics to a labelled group. An example to support this would be 9/11. Since this disaster people label Muslims as being terrorists

Looking at the categorization of different peoples throughout history as well as the changes the labels they possess have gone through, as well as identifying labels used in a derogatory way today we can see that labels have

A label has the power to define the individual or group of individuals being identified. That power is equal to control (Koppelman, 2011). Both can have a positive or negative effect. Unfortunately, the labels used by the majority are meant to have a negative effect. In fact, the labels are meant to demean and hurt as much as possible. They are so negative that there seems to be the intent to drive the labeled individual and/or group away, so they are no longer present and able to interact with the majority.

Labeling happens all over the world, labeling mostly happens in negative ways. Labeling was the number one reason for hate in the 1900’s. Labeling was the biggest reason for Hitler killing the Jews, the Salem Witch Trial, Joseph Stalin, and Slavery by labeling the blacks, and Isis wanting to kill everyone and take over. Labeling rarely happens in a good way it is mostly 90% negative.

When I entered the Dynamic of Racism and Oppression class I was the individual who had blinders on. I did not have a full understanding of what racism was, which in itself is shocking to me as I thought I had. What made me really stop and think was this class opened my eyes to the fact that I did not know my own identity. I have heard individual say “I’m black”, “I am of African decent”, “I’m Latino”, “I’m Canadian”, and “I’m white”. These are common statements of how individuals view their race and identity. I have even placed my identity in one of those categories, I’m white. I was unaware and unsure of what it meant to have a culture, which many individuals claim everyday. Some individuals know their identity, others do not, I was one

Before coming to the US at the age of 13, I lived in Canton, near Hongkong, in China, a country with 58 official ethnic groups. In the US, we are all either Asian, or for the more discerning, simply Chinese. A friend from Ecuador is Latino here in the US, but negro/black in Ecuador. Going to school in New York City, and riding the 7 train, I have lived in one of the most racially and ethnically diverse parts of the country, and yet my friends all seem to subscribe to the US census categories: white, black, Asian (lumped in with Pacific Islander), and then Latino or non-Latino. At some level my friends know racial categories social. For example, Puerto Rican and Dominican friends of mine squabble over who is a better or more model Latino—this

According to a website dedicated to charting police violence, “23 black people were killed by police in September (of this year). One black person every 31 hours”(“Mapping Police Violence”). These people, my people, are dropping like flies, and in spite of the fact that myriads of people understand that this is not okay, there is still an alarmingly large part of the population that believes that this is still not a ‘race issue.’ When there are too many names of the dead to memorize, Trayvon Martin’s, Mike Brown’s, Sandra Bland’s, hash tags representing people that did nothing wrong yet were brutally murdered by police officers and an even larger number of assaulted, there is a problem. When I know people that have been racially profiled

In Crips and the Bloods we see multiple examples of labels continuing crime. First off, most of the children born in this area are black and poor. Already they are labeled and stereotyped as being dangerous to communities, useless to society, and destined for failure. One man says “I grew up in the hood, I was born in the hood, I was raised in the hood, and I’m going to die in the hood. I didn’t choose my destiny, my destination chose me” (Peralta, 2008). This phrase demonstrates the power of a label. He was born into a community of violence and gangs and there is no way for him to escape it. Because he was born into this particular setting, this man now considers himself a person from “the hood,” he behaves in ways that are congruent with society’s idea of what some from the “hood” would behave like. In order to uphold his label, the viewer notices that this man dresses and speaks in a manner that is consistent with the “hood” label. Of course these things are not criminal, but this example demonstrates the unescapable power of a label.

In today’s society we are driven by labels. Everything and everyone is labeled and is not always interpreted by people as positive and constructive. We are entailed by society to label and classify each other in groups subconsciously, without even realizing. Society's desire to divide people further into the deprivation of the truth to which can ultimately free us. This also affects how we view ourselves, we are trained put ourselves in different boxes and we find it hard to break free from the labels and standards we think society want us to conform to.

I often have a difficult time beginning an assignment or task, but not necessarily for the fear of failure. For certain things, I consider myself a perfectionist, and for any school-related assignment or task, I feel like it has to be ‘perfect,’ although I know there is no such thing. On the other hand, if I give a task my best efforts, I know and feel confident enough that I will do well. It has taken me some time to develop this way of thinking, but I believe having confidence is really important. When I’m working on an assignment that becomes overbearing, for instance, I tell myself, “You’ve done this before, you can do this again.” Also, when I am writing on a essay, I like to remember myself that, “It’s just words.” Of course, it’s a little more than that, but it helps ease the stress a bit. So, these are two things I often tell students: to be more confident in themselves and for them to remember, “It’s just words.”

the meaning of life truly is. For some people, their purpose in life is to have a well-paying job

Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a mistake. Sometimes we get lucky and only falter a little, making it through the problem relatively intact. Other times, we mess up a lot and have to fix what was damaged over a long period of time. However, the same is true for most, if not all cases—those who make the mistake learn from it. Often times, our failures teach us valuable lessons that we only gained because of the experience we gathered after messing up. I have personally achieved a wealth of knowledge and experience just from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones.

Society has been stereotyping people based on their culture, race, and religion. If we end these stereotypes, then we can be closer on coexist in peace. Stereotyping tends to label