Monday, January 30, 2012
Stereotypical
Women and Asians are bad drivers. Black people are poor. Mexicans steal. These are just some stereotypes. Every person can fit into one. In class, we wrote down examples of what we thought of of certain kinds of people, such as a model or an athlete. However most descriptions are applicable to the category, every one has different personalities. Over the weekend, I watched The Pregnancy Pact, which I highly recommend researching about. It's about a girl who faked a pregnancy for her class project to see how people would react. Many people became discriminant against her, because she was 'pregnant.' She wanted to understand how much people stereotype, because she was still the same person. Everyday I struggle with stereotypes. I come from a mixed family, so I am black and white and I hear things everyday. I think all people are stereotyped, but I only hear the ones that apply to me the most.
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I agree with you about the stereotypes. Because someone does something society doesnt approve of immediatly they become outsiders and they then get a lable. While people may change throughout the course of life, lables often stick and become a mindset.
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