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Apr 1, 2013
Essays / Gender, Inclusivity & Ethnicity - Stereotyping [3]
What is stereotyping?
"...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people." (Cardwell, 1996.) Stereotyping is a way that people may use and or simplify the amount of processing or thinking you do when you meet a new person. There tends to be both positive and negative stereotypes in the world today. Positive examples including judges (with a very respectable set of characteristics), persons who may be overweight (seen as "jolly"), or even television reporters (seen as highly dependable and respectable). While negative examples of stereotypes are much more common and heard of. Some may include, racial stereotypes; Caucasian; industrious, progressive and ambitious. African Americans are sought out to be lazy, happy-go-lucky, ignorant and musical.
Why is stereotyping harmful?
Stereotyping is harmful because it makes us ignores differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that may not be true.
What is stereotyping?
"...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people." (Cardwell, 1996.) Stereotyping is a way that people may use and or simplify the amount of processing or thinking you do when you meet a new person. There tends to be both positive and negative stereotypes in the world today. Positive examples including judges (with a very respectable set of characteristics), persons who may be overweight (seen as "jolly"), or even television reporters (seen as highly dependable and respectable). While negative examples of stereotypes are much more common and heard of. Some may include, racial stereotypes; Caucasian; industrious, progressive and ambitious. African Americans are sought out to be lazy, happy-go-lucky, ignorant and musical.
Why is stereotyping harmful?
Stereotyping is harmful because it makes us ignores differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that may not be true.