Stereotypes: A Personal Analysis

In general, have we ever walked into our local grocery store or mall and notice all the prejudice, stereotypes, and the social standards that surrounds us as we’re buying milk or new shoes? Probably not. Our society embraces a culture that’s filled with assumptions and biases that individuals may not even be aware of. These includes stereotypical thoughts like Asians are good at math, Black people have an innate ability to run and can’t swim, and authentic mexican food is considered to be the Taco Bell or Qdoba down the street. It’s disheartening. However, each individual is responsible for their own awareness of their biases and to educate themselves on the diverse minorities that walk our streets alongside us. Yes, we’re all chasing that

To start off, I found your journal entry very interesting. Additionally, I liked how you decided to do your response in a different approach than the way many others or I did. Rather than just explaining what we think when we meet someone with a different speech pattern, you decided to describe your experience of being the victim of being the one who was judged and bullied. Your story was very touching, and I am glad you are now proud of your accent and the way you speak.

There are always going to people in the world that are going to think that people of a certain race, religion or sexually orientation well never been the same as themselves even though everyone is human and we are all the same. This visual argument shows seven identical looking skeletons and from left to right is labeled: white, black, gay, straight, Catholic, Atheist and human. Every skeleton looks exactly that same and shows that no matter what someone looks like, who they believe in or who they love, everyone is human. The human body has 206 bones that make it up and they aren’t exactly the same between anybody but they are built and arranged that same way. Although there are very specific details and differences between every skeleton but this photo argues that everyone is equal because skeletons are built the same and uses emotion by showing that the skeletons that everyone has look the same even though what is on the outside may look different.

The low rumble reverberated through its victims’ ears. Like statues, everyone stayed still; too frightened to deliberate on what may happen if they dared move a muscle. Looks were shared from across the small courtyard, everyone wide eyed and shaken. In between the madness I heard a sparse bellowing sound from close by.

What are stereotypes?Can they hurt people?Or even help someone?Well stereotypes are generalizations that everyone puts any given group of people under, now saying this from personal experience i find that there may be both positive and negative effects of others doing this. The ways i have experienced stereotypes range from my own parents to random people like teachers and peers, what i got the most was that I was childish and immature from mostly my Dad and that “typical teenage boy” from my teachers also even i told myself i was more mature than the peers around me.

A barrier to my personal engagement in culturally competent practice with Muslims is that I am still trying to figure out how to rationalize my negative thoughts and fears that I hold towards this group. In addition, I am still learning and growing personally in my cultural development. When still trying to learn and grow personally, being competent can be difficult, because I am not yet competent within myself. Before I can assist anyone else in attaining their personal values, beliefs, whether related to cultural ties or not, I need to be aware of my own values and beliefs that lie within my faith and cultural background; I need to become more culturally aware of myself. (Lum, 2011).

My story begins with short lived relationship, that left my mother pregnant. Other family members decided that she was not fit to be a parent, because she was not finically stable, emotionally stable, had a lot of bad habits, and had many unstable relationships. They also deemed my father as being unfit to parent because they did not know him well enough, was finically not stable, was part of a gang, had many bad habits and, though I believe my family will not admit it, is Hmong. Leading me to be raised by my grandmother and great aunt, both Caucasian. This led to 18+ years of an identity crisis. Although I present as Asian, my actions do not fit the stereotypes of “Asians” or “Whites”. Never did I know who to be, as I grew up as being one

The fear of loss spawns a fundamental need to feel superior. Unfortunately for both parties at hand, this need to feel superior is often linked with ignorance, thus making it impossible for actual superiority to be established in any way. This creates a need to draw conclusions that, while not necessarily true, distinguish one individual from another in ways that draw on stereotypes and heresy. Those with racist thoughts or ideals never achieve any semblance of comparative excellency without believing and enhancing the idea that an uncontrollable factor in another makes them fundamentally inferior. This insatiable thirst to be bigger, stronger, richer, prettier, or more well-liked than any tangible opponent may be initially inherited from fear

Double binds, stereotypes, and gendered party ideologies all influence the voter’s perception of a candidate running for office. Stereotypes are quick, rapid based judgments made when evaluating a person (Lammers, Gordijn & Otten, 2009). Typically, when these rapid based judgments are created, they are often based on short glimpses of a person’s characteristics and positively or negatively lead to evaluation (Lammers, Gordijn & Otten, 2009; Sanbonmatsu, 2002). What happens when these stereotypes are formulated, it is hard to let go of the initial evaluation (Olivola & Todorov, 2010; Schneider, 2014). There are certain trait characteristics that are stereotypically seen to be dominant of female candidates. Stereotypically, female candidates

Osteoarthritis is associated with the aging process, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle, however, it affects athletes and adults as young as 25. Detection is difficult because of increased pain thresholds and oblivion or denial of the symptoms (Amoako, A., Pujalte, G.G., 2015). The diagnostic process is involved, requiring physical examination, radiologic examination, and laboratory evaluations. Treatment is based around symptom relief, often leading to invasive surgical procedures.The science behind diagnostics is evolving, with new prospects on the horizon, including biological markers and the use of ultrasonography.

The way that I see myself is funny, creative, shy, and weird. I don’t know if other people see that, like my best friends, but I certainly do. I also see myself as a good friend. I might mess around with my good friends and

Over that weekend me and a friend of mine I will call this person friend number 5 went to the beach and during the ride over to the beach we were playing the radio and on the radio they were discussing politics. From what I remember they were conversing regarding republicans, democrats legislations etc. On that Monday this was not an employee but a client this client relayed plenty of information that was said during that conversation that took place on the radio. Likewise they mentioned some of the things we discussed in our conversation regarding what was said on the radio. Now I don’t want to exaggerate they of course did not mention everything that was said instead a few significant points that made it obvious that they were acquainted

Nicholas felt bad about how treating Anastasia. Nicholas realizes that Anastasia has like him for him. Hi, Nicholas you not going after Anastasia because Rose dumping you? Nicholas' friend Sam says. Sam, I feel Anastasia is safe and she would never leave. She is crazy if she does. Nicholas went to visit Martin and ask for Anastasia's hand marriage. Martin told Nicholas that Anastasia is visiting friends. Martin when Anastasia is coming back? Nicholas ask. No, I do not know but I will let you know when she coming back. Martin

This week’s readings were not completely surprising as I’ve always been well aware of the stereotypes that most races face. Being a female Hispanic, I have experienced some of these behaviors both at work and out in society. I worked at places that valued men more than women, and at places where I was the only minority in the office. Being in HR, I want to be able to make positive changes in reversing discriminatory behavior and valuing everyone the same. It has often been a challenge to get management on board, which we know from our discussion this week how important this is for a diverse environment to work.

The therapist who has negative stereotype may find it difficult to stay with present and empathic with ethnic minority. In one of the study of Nelson and Baumgarte , (2004) individuals experience less emotional and cognitive empathy for those who have unfamiliar cultural norms which ultimately leads to reduction of empathy which is mediated by lack of perspective , prior experience and lack of similarities between self and others can lead to negative impact on the ability to mediate perspective taking and empathy . There is belief that if the client is different from the therapist in terms of culture then it reduced the chances of empathy and acceptability of client.