Monday, March 30, 2015

Stereotypes

Currently, hundreds of stereotypes exist about different groups of people. No group of people are safe from such of thoughts and beliefs. In fact, stereotypes sometimes play the roll in the criminal justice system, lending institution decisions, the educational process and more. A stereotype can easily embedded into the mind of society until some person or group of people is brave enough to prove it incorrect. The list of stereotypes is endless.   About The Stereotype and Stereotyping

What is stereotyping?

A stereotype is an assumption of a person that is not true and very exaggerating. Stereotype's are usually about how the person looks or the actions of a person. They are usually the cause of rumor's of the person. For example "Oh my gosh did you hear about her I heard that she was..." and then it goes on in false rumors.


Proving the stereotypes wrong.

Watch Stop Stereotypes.


Do we stereotype?
We, as humans beings, stereotype, categorize, judge, separate and label everyone and anything around us- usually without conscious thought. For example One typical stereotype is ¨Gothic¨. A goth is stereotypically a person who acts depressed, is pale, wears mostly black clothing, heavy makeup, and has very little emotion. Truth is just because someone wears black daily, and wears heavy makeup doesn't mean they are emotionless or any different than the rest of us. The effects of stereotyping are obvious to anyone who cares to look.Stereotype can all conclude to bullying and bullying is a serious case it can lead to death.

5 ways to prevent stereotypes

#1:Get to know the person more
#2:Get in their shoes
#3:Stop yourself from stereotyping someone
#4:Find something else to focus on
#5:Realize other people stereotype and make a change by not doing it

Percentages of stereotype bullying

Public schools:
52% students stereotype

Private schools:
38% students stereotype









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