The Impact Of Stereotypes And Stereotypes

Stereotypes are a form of prejudice everyone will once experience in their lifetime. Stereotypes are centered around an individual's race, gender, social class, religion, and age. They have been known to be elements people use to make judgments and subjectify people to one key feature. As Gordon Allport states, “ To state the matter technically, a noun abstracts from a concrete reality some one features and assembles different concrete realities only with respect to this one feature”(364). Mr.Allport’s words can be summed up to say stereotypes have been used as key fundamentals to associate one feature or aspect of a person with a group that represents it, typically in an unfavorable way.

In certain situations, stereotypes can be negative, which in hand, can harm certain ethnicities, racial groups, religions, and other backgrounds. This often alienates certain groups from mainstream societies, as if they are an "other." This further in hand can, lead to heated friction and division among groups, which is not a good thing, and is the "cancer" of a benevolent, developed society. Certain examples of negative (falsified) stereotypes are that African-Americans are violent, Asian-Americans are bad drivers, Latin-Americans can't speak English properly, Middle Easterners are misogynic, White Americans are racist, etc. Of course, these stereotypes in all cases are NOT true, yet sadly the general population tends to seek them as true.

Stereotypes can be defined as sweeping generalizations about members of a certain race, religion, gender, nationality, or other group. They are made everyday in almost every society. We develop stereotypes when we are unable or unwilling to obtain all the information we would need to make fair judgments about people or situations. By stereotyping, we assume that a person or group has certain characteristics. Quite often, we develop these ideas about people who are members of groups with which we have not had firsthand contact. Stereotyping usually leads to unfair results, such as discrimination, racial profiling, and unnecessary violence, all behaviors which need to be stopped.

In this world there are many things people are guilty of, one of those guilt’s is stereotyping others , even if it wasn’t meant in a harmful are negative way we all have been a victim or the aggressor . This paper will discuses what stereotypes are, how they affect people and how stereotypes can affect society. However, the common factor in either situation is that no good comes from stereotyping others.

Under this misconception and “model minority” stereotype pressure, some Korean-Identified students have to downplay even hide their real academic work because they not doing enough. In this group, they always maintain that pecuniary condition and social-class status is the most basic theory to influence the

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.

A stereotype is a generalization made about all members of a distinct group, ethnicity. Usually exaggerated or oversimplified which can become harmful. An example of a racial stereotype is saying “all Muslims and Arabs are terrorists”, also “ all African-Americans are good at basketball.”, along with many more. All of these examples could affect certain groups, mostly for the bad.

What is a stereotype? Most of us come across with this word every day and in different circumstances. But what does it actual means? A Stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. I have a couple of issues already with this definition. Fixed, oversimplify and type? Those are some of the words I just don't agree with. An idea is meant to grow and change into something positive. Nobody should try and tell a person who they really are. We all have that ability to define ourselves as whatever we want. But why when we see a stereotype of a particular ethnic group and see them in a particular way can influence our attitudes? Is because it may be some truth in the stereotype that very often have misrepresentation but also some accuracy and its all mixed up together.

Stereotypes refers to the features imposed upon individual groups which are conventional, formulaic and exaggerated regarding to their nationality, race and sexual alignment, among many others (Stuart Ewen & Elizabeth Ewen; 2006). These features tend to be over simplications of the groups involved. For instance, somebody who meets some few people from a certain country and finds them to be old fashioned and quit may spread to all the people from the country in question are reserved and quiet. A simplification like this doesn’t tolerate diversity among groups and may lead in stigmatization and wrong perception of the groups if the stereotypes associated to them are largely negative (Hilton &von, 1996). Even the so known as

Stereotypical (stock) – a character that falls into a stereotype. For example, the ‘clueless blonde’ The Breakfast Club movie shows the dumb jock, the “druggie or burn out” but at the end it shows the stereotypical character can also have some twists and shows why they are like the way they are as characters. The stereotypical character I chose that best illustrates a stock or stereo typical character is James bond, 007. He is the true definition of "spa". James Bond is the true definition of spy because he is brave, assured, beautifully dressed man even after an exploding house or car. He has impeccable timing and wit. He is a true lady killer with his good looks and he's strong and

Stereotypes are inaccurate depictions of a certain group of people based off a cliche addressed to them by anyone. This natural act which often feeds off of implicit biases that are unconsciously brought about by many aspects from past experiences to the environment you are within. Whether these ideas advertised by the media are used to fuel desires for the “greater good” or used to instil hate within a community, they have been a part of society for generations. Research and instances throughout the media support the fact that the media does promulgate stereotypes in a negative manner and therefore should be discouraged and fought against to improve conditions for individuals worldwide.

I conclude by saying that, the influence of racial stereotype as reduced compared to olden days in the country. They is still some racial stereotype in the country and it has been a concern and some people are victims of it. Media , while telecasting the news has to be aware of what they show and should have social responsibilities. Many of the racial stereotypes are developed by what media shows in their programs. Parents have to acknowledge their children's about racism and their affects. Teachers have to be unbiased towards students and have to treat everyone equally because school is the place where all starts and if teachers give wrong message to the students, the students will maintain the same mindset and develop

Stereotypes and do occur in different ways and from the wide range of ages, culture, cultural, etc. stereotypes can almost reach anyone. Stereotypes are so versatile and they are often called, seems to be almost the essential part of human existence (Mosser 2011). For this reason, it can be difficult to know where they come from and why are they so hard to hard to extinguish. Stereotype, when principles and values associated themselves because of their characteristics in culture because of their

Stereotypes can be defined as people putting labels on other people or things just because they have a fixed mindset of how they should

Generally, stereotypical representations tend to be harmless images but the issue rises from the lack of apathy from the public to refine theses stereotypes and this attitude comes with a range of consequences and impacts. Stereotypes are pervasive in the world and have devastating consequences. An example is people and the media being so quick to confuse Arabs, Muslims and Middle Easterners as the same.