The Importance Of Stereotypes Of Hispanics

Racial stereotypes have always been a serious issue in society. The stereotypes impact many aspects of our life. We more or less get carried away by our perceptions toward race, and judge people in a certain frame unconsciously, as Omi set forth in In Living Color: Race and American Culture. Taken by Hilary Swift, this photo presents an African American woman, waiting for a bus that can take her to the Kitchen of Love, a food pantry that located in Philadelphia aiming to feed people suffering from hunger, where she volunteers. It happens in dawn so it’s still dark outside. The surroundings give us an idea that it should take place in a black neighborhood (Stolberg “Black Voters, Aghast at Trump, Find a Place of Food and Comfort”). The woman is staring at the direction where the bus is coming, with a smile on her face. As a photojournalistic image, this photo is aiming to portrait a kind and helpful African American woman, however, does this photo really “positively” portrait an African American woman?

Drugs and violence are universal. Although not all drugs cause violence some drugs like alcohol, methamphetamine, and crack cocaine do and can have horrible results. Some of the behavior that these drugs can cause are: domestic violence, sexual assault, homicides, and property crimes. Although horrible things do happen people still use them and crimes like these happen too much. This is a social issue because people see this as a norm. This shouldn't be a norm and people need to start realizing that.

Being Hispanic is being able to enjoy and demolish your mom’s tamales at Christmas. Being Hispanic is also being able to explain horchata to your friends and watch soccer games with your family. It’s being able to be proud of your culture and roots. However, being Hispanic is living in fear. Being Hispanic means sometimes you don’t know if your parents will come home from work. It’s being petrified that your dad may get pulled over because he is driving without a license. Being Hispanic is seeing your mom come home, tired from a low paying job, because she could not pursue an education. Hispanic means working hard in life to make your parents proud, to make all the looks of discrimination worth it. Being Hispanic is also being told “no” repeatedly,

“We all use stereotypes, all the time, without knowing it. We have met the enemy of equality, and the enemy is us,” said Annie Murphy Paul who is a magazine journalist and book author that writes about the biological and social sciences. Stereotypes are a part of everyday life. Every person, young or old, has been labeled with a positive or negative stereotype. They are heard everyday and sometimes label certain groups of people. As Martina Navratilova said, “Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.” A lot of time stereotypes don’t fit what they are labeling. They can have a bad effect on people’s emotions, the way people interact with each other and their social lives. A common stereotype of many U.S. citizens is that all Mexican immigrants are criminals and have come to the U.S. illegally; therefore, this stereotype has a bad affect on the way Mexicans and other people think and act.

Reports show that Latinos are the most underrepresented ethnic group in film affected by stereotypical issues shown via pictures in our heads and through watching. I concur with this information as stereotype starts from a personal level, which is definite through meditation, this does not include all the negative traits portrayed by the out-group. Although we have some general stereotypical agreements within in-groups that cannot change. This stereotyping is evident in a case where a foreigner defines Bandido accurately while a (North) American will involve them with laziness, being dirty and all sorts of negativity on them. These findings make me feel that Latinos and Americans will always be contrary to their film industry.

Besides boys reacting differently than what I expected, appearances on what boys are supposed to look like affected my views when I was younger. Watching novellas with my mother I used to looking at latino men who were tall and ripped, as I got older I started to notice that not all Mexican males were not buff and over six foot, and not all women wear tight dresses showing off a lot of cleavage. To rephrase it I do not want to say that latinos are not attractive, it's just I feel uncomfortable when people say that latinos are only attractive on tv. I feel that the stereotype of novella actors have imprinted an idea what latinos are supposed to look like, I constantly here that latinos are super sexy and good in bed, as if we are only good

The book Beyond El Barrio Everyday Life in Latina/o America by Gina M. Perez, Frank A. Guridy, and Afrian Burgos Jr. is a book about the stereotypes, citizenship, and community of Latina/os in the United States. Each chapter shows a new theme such as latinos in baseball, Latinas/os in the military, and Spanish radio. The book shows connection between different communities of Latinas/os and how they have struggled to be apart of the U.S. society beyond the boundaries that they feel limited to. This book was a difficult piece of writing for me to understand but has ultimately changed the way I view Latinas and has shown clear intersections of politics, representation, and citizenship of Latinas and Latinos in the United States.

Being Hispanic to me is living the best of both worlds. I get to experience two perspectives in this world, being American and Mexican. The variety of flavors I eat daily at school; hamburgers, hotdogs,french fries and corn dogs.While at home and on the holidays I eat Tamales,Birria,Mole and Pozole. My ethnicity is questioned by others because of the color of my skin, asking me ''Are you Arabian?'' and 'Are you Puerto Rican?' are the ones most common asked. My skin complexion is what the worlds sees and judges upon not knowing the actual roots. As it says on Google, Hispanic means a Spanish-speaking person living in the United States.We get to have the privilege to admire ourselves being bilingual.There are a lot of Hispanics and other races in the United States that have been criticized and hated for no reason.My parents came to the United States to have a better education and future for their children. I believe that other families did they same since the United States is considered the 'free land' and the 'land of all dreams' since multiple people risk their lives trying to be apart of America.Americans says we steal their jobs when in reality the jobs look for us because everyone knows Hispanics work hard and get the job done.Many Hispanic use to go to Home Depots or gas stations and wait for a job to show up.

When people first hear Hispanics or Mexicans people first think Spanish music or Mexico for one. Some people may have different opinions on stereotyping Hispanics in saying that all Hispanic people love tacos and speak fluent Spanish and only Spanish. Not all people who come from a certain race, religion, or ethnicity fall into the stereotypical categories that people put them in. Placing people in stereotypical categories is wrong because it causes for misjudgment amongst people in society. It is dangerous to define a person based on stereotype because one person does not define a whole race and who an individual person is.

Hispanics or Latinos are persons residing in the US who descended from a Spanish speaking country of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula. The population listed in the US under the term "Hispanic or Latino" is very significant; 17% of the total population in the U.S, so its presence in the mass media is notorious and important. Further Hispanic or Latino ethnic group are the second fastest growing in the entire US population, behind Asians. According to the demographic projections of the Census Bureau, in 2060 the Latino population will reach 31% of the US population.

Portrayals of races and groups in the media are in a constant state of flux. As each decade passes by, the stereotypes and presumptions surrounding certain races gradually change. Consider the Mexicans, or those of Mexican descent; originally they were portrayed as weak, traitors lacking strongly in confidence, or as great lovers, regularly switching partners. With stereotypical films such as Viva Cisco Kid, The Kissing Bandit, and The Magnificent Seven being released during the early and late 1900s, these stereotypes stayed with Mexicans for the most part of the 20th century and well into the 21st century. In time, the portrayal of Mexicans eventually began to change and not necessarily for the better.

Society labels humans by creating stereotypes that affect our perceptions of others and ourselves. As a Latin woman there are many stereotypes surrounding me. Not only does gender and race play a role in my labels, but my community as well. Being a female can be seen as a weakness by men; men believe being called a girl is an insult causing the words “girl” and “woman” to have negative connotations. When a homemade meal is cooked the first person that comes to mind is a female, why?

In the United States, anyone can live and practice any tradition and values they please, but this freedom does not guarantee anyone’s practice will be accepted by society. In big cities, such as New York, there is a diverse population filled with people of different ethnicities, religions, and social class. Even though we see and meet different people every day we are conditioned to accepted a universal belief about their native group as a whole. This belief is a stereotype and is often untrue. Still, stereotypes dictate our thoughts and actions and do not consider the individuals in the group nor their feelings. Believing in stereotypes always lead to serious consequences. Stereotypes of poverty, the disabled and Islam are hurtful because

What comes across your mind when you think of Latin America? Latin America consists of many different cultures, people with ethnic backgrounds; Mexico, Central America, South America. Latin America has the diversity in its people, and succession has brought along what makes Latin America what it is in modern times. In the article “Latin America: Myth and Reality,” the author mentions that “stereotypes spring from ignorance and bias,” which I think is significantly appropriate to bring up in this conversation (“Latin America” 3). Latin America is united by their differences, and I think most of the stereotypes are disappearing, while people are becoming more educated. But to comprehend what lies behind the mask, we all must disregard labels, and instead appreciate Latin America for who they all are. To mention a few, let’s dive into the article to understand some common stereotypes that someone might have.

(Hook) Stereotypes are an official representation of a community. That’s an obvious lie, but stereotypes are a concept that are seen as the unofficial yet official view of a certain community. (Background info. connecting hook to thesis) Stereotypes are a complex yet simple concept that can either reinforce or dismantle someone’s view on another individual. Specifically, cultural stereotypes that are broadcasted on a basis. (Thesis) Cultural stereotyping can negatively affect the individual experience by minimizing their value, which then leads to how they’re viewed by society, and how they’re treated.