Tracy's Stereotypes

No, “Diary of a Stereotypical Black Woman” is not the name of an actual film by Tyler Perry. Considering the work succeeding his directorial film debut of Diary of a Mad Black Woman in 2005, it would be presumably safe to assume “Diary of a Stereotypical Black Woman” would possibly be a title within his archive of films. Though entertaining at best, this faux title represents an overall message that Perry has been presenting to his audiences since 1998. In both his line of plays and films, Tyler Perry portrays a repetitive historical perception of black women that is destructive to the image of actual black women. From the mammy stereotype to the weak and defenseless damsel in need of a man, Perry’s success through the perceived notions of

T.V. shows are fun to watch. However, have you noticed that many T.V. shows have the same actors, in the same stereotypes, just because of how they look. But, have you noticed that many of these stereotypes have been taken to extremes? I believe that stereotypes in T.V. are unrealistic, and exaggerated. Stereotypes such as blondes being stupid, Nerds being weak, and awkward, and popular people being rude, all have been exaggerated by Hollywood to the point where it's unrealistic!

The Simpsons is an animated American television show know worldwide. It was written by George Groening, and it is about the daily life of a middle-class family conform by Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Throughout this show are sent messages about race, gender and class. The Simpsons portraits several stereotypes with the purpose of ashamed society, that is why is catalogue as a satirical show. But there are stereotypes that are not perceived as something to be ashamed of. For example, messages and stereotypes of masculinity are accepted and desired for most Americans. Michael Kimmel essay "the guy code" explains how society defines manhood as "the relentless repudiation of the feminity", and how men are supposed to "exude an aura of daring and aggression" to gain other men acceptance. The characters from the Simpsons such as "Homer" and "Bart" reflects this concept of masculinity as they are dumb, insensitive and risk takers.

The movie “Remember the Titans” premiered September 2000, and takes place in Alexandrea, Virginia. High school football in Alexandrea is known as a way of life, they say it’s even more important than Christmas morning. It was in 1941 that black and whites began redistricting and had to attend school together. The city was in outrage after a black teenager had been killed that summer. When Coach Herman Boone, a black coach, is titled the new head coach after the schools integrate, the past white head coach, Bill Yoast and him are forced to work together and try to lead their team to victory. As the school year is about to begin, the football team is off to their training camp. Coach Boone groups the men into their various positions, requiring

Michael was every woman’s dream guy. His was hair black and had extremely short hair with a fade. His eyes were a crystal blue as clear as water. His lips were a perfect shape just about as plump and juicy as a ripe plum. His shirt was stretched so far you could see his biceps and pecs through anything. Tattoos were his addiction. He was walking proof of that. On his left arm was a memorial of all the family that was called home, as well as the name of his mom, Queen Amanda. The tattoos didn’t stop there on his neck there was a pair of lips, and on his right hand he had a tattoo that described his upbringing “Texas made” and “One deep.” His tattoos went on further than that, but the one that stood out the most was the year he blessed this world with his appearance, across his chest, “Established 1991.” The freckles all over his face were like seeds to the apple. The glow beaming from his skin was something like rich ,creamy caramel. Not to mention the shine coming from the bling on his ears was like getting blinded by the sun. Besides all the looks, Michael has the personalities and the

In a powerful experiment we were able to see through the eyes of a kindergarten children prejudice dynamics. In a famous experience by Jane Elliot she separated her class between blue-eyed and brown-eyed students. Professor Elliot had separated her students by making one eye group inferior to the other making them have certain benefits and better treatment than the other group of students. Eventually, the students were switched the following day. This experiment have showed this group of kindergarten students how colors and discrimination affected the minority population. After this successful experiment with the kindergarten student’s professor Jane Elliot had done many other experiments using adults using the a similar technique blue-eyed

The movie begins with Tracy, the main character, as a normal teenager whose life seems from the outside “ok”. However, even at this point in the movie, there are hints of Tracy’s inner pain and discomfort or distress with her world. Tracy lives a tough life. Her parents are separated, and do not have a good relationship. Tracy lives with her mom and brother in a suburban low to middle class neighborhood. Her mom, Mel, is a recovered addict, who works as a hair dresser. Her dad, Travis, is a somewhat rich executive, who works all the time and barely

“Shut up, I’m crying.” I can hear her from across the cafeteria. This girl is the most annoying thing in the entire world. She literally only missed one point and she’s crying about it. Newsflash, it's not the end of the world. She does this all the time, it makes me want to strangle her! I can’t believe that someone hasn’t done it yet. She fits almost every stereotype at one time. Carrie is the perfect girl for the first five minutes of a horror movie. Little Miss Perfect Carrie, never got below a hundred until today.

Jessie Owens, who was a famous African American sprinter, fought back against Hitler’s racial stereotypes of Blacks by winning four gold medals and becoming one of the worlds most successful athletes. Owens challenged Nazi ideology that African Americans were inferior because he used his skill to win four gold medals, which disproved the idea that African Americans were unsuccessful athletes. The biggest blow to Nazi ideology about African Americans was that the German crowd treated Jessie Owens as a hero whereby they chanted and cheered his name whenever he entered the arena, which was reported to embarrass Hitler. In addition, Andre Kabos who was a Jewish-Hungarian fencer almost gave up his fencing career due to anti-Jewish propaganda in Hungary and was pressured by Jewish organizations to boycott the German games. However, Kabos chose to have one last run and performed in the 1936 Berlin games where he had his best performance ever and used his Jewish pride to strengthen his motivation to beat a German fencer and won a Gold medal in fencing. Kabos completely destroyed the Nazi ideology that Jews were the inferior race because not only did he win a gold medal, but he single handily beat a bloody German! Later during the Holocaust, Kabos was forced into a labour camp where he died, but to his grave he must have died with Jewish pride because he defeated a German right in front of Hitler’s eye’s.

Kevin Gonzales English 1301: Tues/Thurs: 2-3:30 Professor Clarke Friday Night Lights Across our beloved nation, it is strikingly evident there are a numerous amount of stereotypes that we can never seem to rid of, which is tremendously emphasized through daily television watching. In my own personal opinion, one of the truly heart pounding and influential series to be displayed on television was the Friday Night Lights series; a show mainly focuses on a small town, dead center in the heart of Texas. The small town, Odessa, relies heavily and whole-heartedly on the high school football team, Odessa-Permian. As odd as it may seem, this show doesn’t only focus on football, but also displays the lives of the people that surround the football

The television show She’s Gotta Have It, is a show on Netflix based on the movie from 1986. In season 1 episode 10 “#Nolas Choice (3 Da Hard Way)”, the main character Nola invite three men; Greer, Jamie, and Mars to a Thanksgiving dinner. None of the men know that the other men have been invited to dinner, so they each think they are having a solo dinner with the lovely Nola Darling. Nola invites each of them there because she is sleeping with all three of them and she wants them to finally meet each other.

Mean Girls is a must see teenage movie. If you haven’t seen it, you aren’t “fetch” (a.k.a. cool). I remember when I first saw the movie around age eight, and I believed girls and boys were exactly how they were portrayed in the movie. I was sitting around with my best friends in our sleeping bags giggling just like every other young girl would at a movie like this one. Though the acting is exaggerated, it is effective in portraying the stereotypes of cliques among high schools through its characters, actresses/actors, special effects, and costumes.

CULTURE STEREOTYPE - THE SIMPSONS - HOMER SIMPSON The Simpsons is an animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle-class American family of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Stereotypes also exist about cultures an countries as a whole. Stereotype examples of this sort include the premises that: All white Americans are obese, lazy.

According to William Harris, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Huxley ‘Africans’ are (a) inferior breeds of human and (b) absolute savages full of evil passions. But we know that this ain’t true. One male character out of these inhumane stereotypes is definitely Sixo. He is intellectual and his alternative masculinity keeps him out of the box of norms. Even though Toni Morrison’s male character and their stories are secondary than that of female characters, she deals with male oppression and the denial of self-hood they express in the slavery time.

Modern Family, created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan shows viewers stereotypes when it comes to women. This is shown through the main female characters, Claire (Julie Bowen), Gloria (Sofia Vergara) Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Alex (Ariel Winter). Claire is depicted as being an uptight, naggy stay at home mother, Gloria as a hot blooded attractive trophy wife, Haley as an unintelligent teenager who only has her looks to offer and Alex, who is the nerdy and unattractive sister.