Stereotypes Of Discrimination

Stereotyping and discrimination are very deeply ingrained in American culture. Even though there have been movements taken to combat stereotyping and discrimination such as the Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Rights movement, and the Black Lives Matter Movement, it still exists. This raises the question of, how do we end it? While there is no definite answer there is a way to avoid stereotyping and discrimination. The three essayists Bharati Mukherjee, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Brent Staples and show that by learning about stereotyping, people can also learn how to change themselves to avoid discrimination based on stereotypes. By comparing and contrasting these essayists experiences as well as outside research to show the theme of why people

It is common knowledge that the topic of race is being examined all over the world. Frequently, more efforts are made through formation of policies, enactment of laws, and abolition of practices to obliterate racial discrimination. The pace of success of this endeavor is being delayed by the media because the media constantly portrays race in an inappropriate and derogatory manner. A race as described by Yolanda. T. Moses is a group of people who share similar and unique characteristics, while racial stereotypes are automatic and mental pictures held about all members of a particular social group. When people are stereotyped racially, they do not take into account individual differences .The media’s poor understanding of the true meaning of race has been communicated to the general public, making people think race is a biological phenomenon whereas it is socially and culturally constructed (Moses 735) and this has caused the increase in racial stereotypes by media’s continuous portrayal of negative stereotypes of different races all over the world.

Many people have an oversimplified and erroneous view of a certain group of people. Stereotypes are typically associated with having negative connotations of a particular group of people. In many occasions, positive qualities of the group are overlooked and they are instead categorized by social norms created by stereotypes. Stereotyping affects everyone, whether it is through the discrimination of age, race, gender

Earth is populated by approximately 7.1 billion inhabitants, within those dwellers you come across people of diverse color, race and ethnicity. In today’s society stereotyping and discrimination have become an increasing social acceptance. Stereotyping can be described as classifying or making assumptions about person based upon their behaviors and or clothing. One stereotype that is currently on the rise is the misconception Americans have on Latinos. The first stereotype misconception there is, is that Latinos took all the American jobs. The following fallacy, Americans have is that all Latinos are Mexican. Preceding that fallacy is, Americans believe Latinos are not well educated and lazy.

Stereotyping leads to prejudice. If I am walking in a park and I see a group of people walking towards me (lets say all are white males) and they are dressed up and look very nice. I do not panic, now another group is walking towards me and now this group is all men (African Americans) and they are dressed and conduct themselves just the same as the first group, but I panicked with this group. Why because I stereotyped the second group and if I was prejudice no matter how they dressed or acted I would be afraid of them because they are black. I judge them based on skin color and not on individuality.

The gender equality issue within our society stems from what children are being taught from the day they are born. Whether it is conscious or sub-conscious children are being taught at an early age the stereotypes of what it is to be a girl or a boy. “Choices about what they will play with or wear are made for younger children and, by the time they come to make their own, they have already learnt what is expected of them and will often behave accordingly.” (National Union of Teachers, 2013, p.3). Educators calling on girls to do chores around the classroom or not allowing boys to play in the family corner they are only help in print these stereotypes into the minds of the children. It has been said that children soak up their social environment like sponges, so by sending out new social messages educators are able to create a

Stereotypes are a streamlined idea of a certain group which can eventually spread prejudice which is a belief on a group of people. The difference is that stereotypes can be formed by experiences whereas prejudices are people taking a stereotype and believing it, but they do not have experience on a certain group. For example, a person may have seen that some Mexicans act rough and messy, but that person could share their experiences with other people who may not know Mexicans well. As a result, other people will take that stereotype and believe it, forming a prejudice inside their mind. If they were to meet a Mexican person, they would just assume that they are all rough and messy, despite having no prior experiences with Mexicans. Discrimination can consist of actions done to a group of people. Discrimination is not the same as Racism as discrimination is the unequal treatment of a person based on their race. Racism is a stronger type of prejudice that is used to claim that one race is superior to other races. An example of Racism is the Ku Klux Klan as their members believe whites are superior to any other race. They do not discriminate by mistreating other races. Instead, they spread hate speech and commit hate crimes to try to show that whites are better than other races.

While in fact, in today's society, more often than not, these gender roles have switched. I believe that in order to create a change we need to start to teach children more flexibility in applying gender-role

Discrimination towards minority groups based on race, gender, and sexual orientation has existed in our society for decades. Till this day these stereotypes and prejudice towards an individual’s race, sexuality, ethnicity, and background still exist. There are particular barriers such as activities and interactions with people occurring daily, as well as plenty of disadvantages for those from different cultural backgrounds other than white. The term racism comes to mind when an individual draws negative thoughts about others due to their biological characteristics. Peggy McIntosh lists a number of conditions in her essay, White privilege, pointing out how her group in other words the advantage of being white protects her from racial harassment, hostility, and violence, giving her a comfortable feeling, more confidence, and respect than those people of color; who feel unconfident and uncomfortable. In addition, some people are well aware of the meaning of privilege, but certainly not aware of why they treat people differently, or choose to ignore it. Those privileges are quite difficult to eliminate completely since some individuals are raised receiving privilege.

Stereotyping categorizes people, races and gender into different categories which some may consider positive, while others consider them negative. Positive stereotypes may seem to compliment a certain group with regards to talents and traits. However, the perception from such groups may not be a positive interpretation of such stereotypes. For example, a specific stereotype may be that all Asians are excellent in math and science, however, due to this stereotype some Asians may consider this “compliment” offensive. So, who is responsible of categorizing people’s habits, likes, talents and overall culture into specific categories or biases? Media plays a prominent role in stereotyping racial groups

Racism is discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity. Racial discrimination refers to the separation of people through a process of social division into categories not necessarily related to races for purposes of differential treatment. Bertrand and Mullainathan (2004) found in their study that there was widespread racial discrimination in the workplace. In their study, candidates perceived as having "white-sounding names" were 50% more likely than those whose names were merely perceived as "sounding black" to receive callbacks for interviews.

The racial discrimination is a group of people who perceive themselves and are perceived by others as possessing distinctive hereditary traits, where, ethnicity discrimination is a cultural trait such as family customs, food preferences, language, and religion. It is human nature to categorize things to make our reality more edible. Something as simple as the color of one’s skin can denote their place in a hierarchy and can save a conversation. People don’t need to talk to someone to figure out their status if they can just look at them and know according to their skin color. I would not saying we all do this, but realize that ingrained within each one of us is our culture that society has presented to us from birth. No matter who you are looking at, you will make some sort of assumption to that person. It’s not just with skin or people look, but also for a student. A Student is judged based on their intelligence and separated them based on their GPA and number of classes they are taking. School can improve it by putting all students in mind while making the decision.

For instance, people are born into cultures, into social structures that sometimes define his or her being. Most Americans, say, are born to believe in the ideology of individualism and equal opportunity. Americans are taught to speak their minds, share their success and make independent choices for themselves. In addition, Americans are implanted the belief that everyone has equal opportunity to succeed independently of wealth, family ties or special status. People opt to succeed solely based in their talents, abilities and efforts (Croteau 234). Americans grow up believing that life is a competition in which the best competitor wins. However, the best player does not necessarily win. The opportunities are distributed unequally and it is very

When you talk, and speak on prejudice, one must always mention discrimination. It is hard to separate those two terms since they normally appear together. Prejudice is normally perceived as an idea or opinion made without facts or evidence. Discrimination is perceived as biased or different treatment. Discrimination uses the thought process of prejudice and simply put it into action.

Yang represents the stereotype successfully on his book or not. On the one hand, some argue that he go a little off from his main point from his book. From this perspective, many people found the book that it is not good enough to read. On the other hand, however, others insist that Yang did a great job on representing stereotypes, which makes his book very powerful and interesting to read. In the words of one of this view’s proponents, “I had heard about stereotypes, but never really fully understood them. This book has taught me to at least get a little grasp on the pain and hurt that stereotypes can really cause.” (Printz p.g 11). According to this view, many people really got the meaning of stereotypes by reading American Born Chines. In sum, then, the issue is whether Yang represents the stereotypes well enough in his book or not. My own view is that Yang successfully stated stereotypes in his book that made it a powerful book. After, all, I have chosen to identify as a college student at Winona State University. Though I concede that Yang could ended his book differently to make it more interesting, but I still maintain that he stated the stereotype successfully because he made it clear enough to the reader to see the stereotypes from the text and images and using three different stories in the same book.