Examples Of Stereotypes In America
Stereotyping in America 1
Stereotyping in America
William Dettman
Ashford University
Prof. Tanya Martin
December 16, 2012
Stereotyping in America 2
Stereotyping in America
Stereotyping is a form of pre judgment that is used everyday in conversations and in the media. There are many groups of people that are being stereotyped in society today. Whether or not you are the one being stereotyped or you are doing the stereotyping, in the end it hurts people’s feelings and brings down self-esteems. There are a few stereotypes in society that I have encountered which include the quality of people with tattoos, Athletes are not good students, and Hispanics working in the landscaping …show more content…
With this stereotype, I can relate to this topic better then any of the other stereotypes. …show more content…
Many kids believe that student athletes get treated better and are held to a lower standard in the classroom. Many feel that teachers let things slide with their homework or give exceptions to rules in the classroom and in the school. A slippery slope type argument can be used in this situation. A slippery slope argument can be defined as “ Often the idea is that if an exception is allowed to a rule, then more and more exceptions with follow, leading to the inevitable result that few people, if any, will follow the rule.”(Mosser, 2011) In high school I was tied into this stereotype and I feel that it did affect my grades and attitude. Throughout high school the stereotype was athletes could slack a little and bend some rule so I would try doing those things. Now that I look back at it, my grades where effected by a simple stereotype that was made up by society. The intuition here is straightforward: stereotype threat is, in effect, a negative productivity shock that compromises the return to academic effort, thereby reducing the amount of effort chosen.”(Dee, 2009) Now yes there have been schools that treat athletes differently and students that were athletes didn’t have to do the same amount of work as others but that isn’t the situation of every school in America. A select few occasions have made this stereotype that I feel does affect
Stereotyping in America
William Dettman
Ashford University
Prof. Tanya Martin
December 16, 2012
Stereotyping in America 2
Stereotyping in America
Stereotyping is a form of pre judgment that is used everyday in conversations and in the media. There are many groups of people that are being stereotyped in society today. Whether or not you are the one being stereotyped or you are doing the stereotyping, in the end it hurts people’s feelings and brings down self-esteems. There are a few stereotypes in society that I have encountered which include the quality of people with tattoos, Athletes are not good students, and Hispanics working in the landscaping …show more content…
With this stereotype, I can relate to this topic better then any of the other stereotypes. …show more content…
Many kids believe that student athletes get treated better and are held to a lower standard in the classroom. Many feel that teachers let things slide with their homework or give exceptions to rules in the classroom and in the school. A slippery slope type argument can be used in this situation. A slippery slope argument can be defined as “ Often the idea is that if an exception is allowed to a rule, then more and more exceptions with follow, leading to the inevitable result that few people, if any, will follow the rule.”(Mosser, 2011) In high school I was tied into this stereotype and I feel that it did affect my grades and attitude. Throughout high school the stereotype was athletes could slack a little and bend some rule so I would try doing those things. Now that I look back at it, my grades where effected by a simple stereotype that was made up by society. The intuition here is straightforward: stereotype threat is, in effect, a negative productivity shock that compromises the return to academic effort, thereby reducing the amount of effort chosen.”(Dee, 2009) Now yes there have been schools that treat athletes differently and students that were athletes didn’t have to do the same amount of work as others but that isn’t the situation of every school in America. A select few occasions have made this stereotype that I feel does affect