Why Do People Use Racial Stereotypes

In this world we are constantly being categorized by our race and ethnicity, and for many people it’s hard to look beyond that. Even though in the past many stood up for equality and to stop racism and discrimination, it still occurs. In this nation of freedom and equality, there are still many people who believe that their race is superior to others. These beliefs are the ones that destroy our nation and affect the lives of many. The people affected are not limited by their age group, sex, social status, or by their education level. Their beliefs can cause them to attack other groups verbally or in silence and even reaching to the point of violence. All of this occurs because we can’t be seen as a “people”, but rather like “species” that

The Audience of this paper are people who are engaged in learning about stereotypes and equal rights. I am trying to convince people that not only black people have stereotypes. That every race has a stereotype. Stereotypes and racism has been a problem for awhile though racism has not always existed. Its fear that has turned into hate and now is “Human nature¨ .

Other reasons why people treat others in such horrible ways, is due to the lack of knowledge. A lot of people may believe that other races may be unintelligent or not civilised, because of this it results with people such as the Ku Klux Kan (KKK) to judge the Blacks. Burning and bombing their house and locale shops, just because they were different and thought of as not

Prejudices is found virtually everywhere, and will be continually found, if we can’t rise above our own opinions and just listen to what others have to say. It’s not everyone’s fault, it’s the people that encompass one’s life. Therefore, if ones around people that have a negative thought process, one will soon also have the same thought process even though it’s wrong. The only way out of it would be ones self-perseverance in achieving goals in life.

In an ideal world, mankind would live in peace with all others. One could look to another person and judge them etiquette, moral or even social value. However, humans have gone through many dark times, usually involves the intolerance that mankind has for one another. Whether it is an disagreement on religion, a power struggle for land or the development of society, if there is one thing humans are consistent in is that we do not play nice. However, for people to judge each other on a superficial and meaningless factor such as color is truly bewildering, considering all the many things that makes us different. Because of this type of judgmental mentality, superiority complexes were soon followed, putting specific groups

In the twentieth century, you would turn on your television at home and you would find out that non-whites are portrayed and exclusively in stereotypical roles, such as Native Americans being represented as silent Indian chiefs, Arabs playing the role of desert sheikhs and Latinas appearing to be sexy ladies. Some people might find serotypes are harmless but that’s far from the case. I personally think that controlling images are a crime against humanity, for example in Ward Churchill’s “Crimes against humanity” we as a society find it perfectly fine that teams are portrayed as the Kanas City “Chiefs” or the Washington “Redskins”. I asked myself why wasn’t that big of an issues, was it just fun or did it really belittle and make them seem

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.

Through common human nature, we have isolated ourselves from the meaning of common dignity. People are always looking for excuses, ways of making themselves look and feel more important. They have created classes and look down on people that are not like them. For example, for many years in the past, whites owned blacks as personal slaves without pay and were cruel to them if they tried to listen otherwise, they simply would not accept the fact that they were different and treated them inferior. Humans are not used to social change and take advantage of opportunities, such as a weakness in society. When one sick human being looks down upon another, other weak-willed people follow along as a result of peer pressure, not able to make their own decisions.

There are many people in the world that are all different races or to some all different colors. People tend to judge others because of who they are and their skin color. Most people tend to judge black individuals more because of some negative things that they tend to do or say. However, this issue has not just started its been going on for years. Although, all people are human beings; their cognitive thinking is different as individuals.

For centuries, racism has become the universal epitome of culture, despite the efforts of various civilizations, such as the Western and European to combat these indifferences among people. A race is specific social group that can be differentiated through various ways, from facial features and hair textures, to social norms and habits that constitutes to that group. These differences contribute to our uniqueness and humanity. Because people can be grouped by any number of differences, Man, lead by his ignorance, perpetuated the issue once social-hierarchies began to develop, splitting society to its various groups. As a result, social disparity from one’s upbringing became the common tendency to look down, or look up at people of other

A person will always get criticized when they're seen by other people. Either for your race or color of skin, there will always be a word that pops into their head when they see a person that looks a certain way. For example, Muslims get accused as a terrorist and therefore, “If some of your perceptions were negative, I don't really blame you. That's just how the media has been portraying people who look like me” (Mogahed). People understand that there are ways that people see you for other people's actions. Yet it's not fair people always have to pick on Muslim for what other Muslim decide to do. Not all Muslims are at fault when one Muslim decides to bomb something. People don't understand that they shouldn't judge by other People's actions. Every Muslim is different and that's why you need to stop treating all the Muslims the same way.

There are many reasons that cause people do bad things: many people do not want to draw attention to themselves, often it is easier to follow the crowd, and sometimes people find themselves caught in a tradition. Citizens accept and support racist beliefs and treatment of others because everyone else does.

Stereotypes are overvalued.It is difficult to know what the people really like if you only listen to opinions of other people, based on what they see or think. After all, a stereotype could be defined as a simplified way of thinking about someone or something,despite that sometimes these thoughts are not legit.

Overall, there are many negative phrases that are always circulating people’s mouths in this world. As a child growing up I was always taught to never judge someone by their physical appearance, gender, race, etc. Over the years I have heard innumerable amounts of insults towards a variety of people. In some cases, some of the stereotypes that have been around for years are starting to fade as people are becoming more educated and aware of the false statements. Even though each of the negative things on the list are true about some people, it does not mean that all the people that are categorized in each group have the same label. I will always be surprised by the stereotypes that still live on and are spread by people. For example, there

We live in a world where things are portrayed as being perfect especially in America, the land of many opportunities whether you are Chinese’s, Black or White there is a place for you to live your dreams but in reality that world doesn’t exist. We live in a world where people act and behave in a discriminatory manner believing others are ignorant and dangerous. History has even proven this, looking back at the lectures by Professor Jenkins on racism and watching the movies has changed my entire demeanor of the way I look at things around me. For example, I knew a little on the racism of White people thinking that they are superior to African American people and other races as well but not to scope of what I know today.