Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: Race Ethnicity Religion Gender Sexual orientation Age Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype 3 Disability People think
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Stereotypical Stereotypes Stereotype: Ster·e·o·type‚ [ster-ee-uh-tahyp]‚ noun‚ verb- a set of inaccurate‚ simplistic generalizations about a group that allows others to categorize them and treat them accordingly. Teenager: teen·ag·er‚ [teen-ey-jer]‚ noun- a person between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive. How could these two words‚ so opposite in meaning‚ make so much sense when put together? Being a teenager doesn’t just define your age‚ it classifies you into a pre-determined stereotype where people
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created the label “Hispanic” for convenience. Some people of Spanish descent think of themselves as “Hispanic” and others prefer the term “Latino”; however‚ most identify with a particular country‚ such as Cuba‚ Argentina‚ or Spain (Macionis 2006) Hispanics accounted for 14.8 percent of the population in the United States of America in 2006 (www.prb.org). The percentage was 15.4 percent in 2008. Hispanics owned 6.8 percent of the businesses in 20002 (www.census.gov). Hispanics and Latinos come
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that I am not the same you’ll never change the way I love and you can fight for you’re dominion but I’m worth a million times the weight of a dogmatist’s opinion I know that all that you can see is a stereotype of me all that you thought I’d ever be a stereotype of me."(www#poetrysoup.com ) . A stereotype is " a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing ." Some people who are commonly stereotyped are ‚ Cheerleaders ‚ Police officers and women . All
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consist of race‚ gender‚ and age. For my race I am categorized as Hispanic‚ for my gender I am a male‚ and for my age I’m 26 or young. There are many known stereotypes about Hispanic people. As I have discuss one known one will discuss the one about every Hispanic person being Mexican. For some reason some people born in the United States have not been taught about the world and it countries. They seem to think that every Hispanic person regardless what continent they come from are Mexicans. Which
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Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: * Race * Ethnicity * Religion * Gender * Sexual orientation * Age * Disability Category | Stereotype 1 | Stereotype 2 | Stereotype
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Stereotypes and Contradictions It is a part of human nature to make judgments on others based solely on appearances. The short story “Flight Patterns” by Sherman Alexie reveals the sheer pervasiveness of stereotypes in American culture. The main character‚ William‚ is a walking contradiction in that he is a Native American businessman that loves his job and is always traveling‚ but hates to fly and hates to leave his family. He is also a victim of discriminations‚ yet he too makes his own judgments
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Cofer presents some of the stereotypes Americans hold about Latinas. Cofer narrates some occurrences that she went through in which the fact of being a Latina made her the center of attention. The first incident she had that put her on the spot was on a bus trip to London. She relates the moment when a young man knelt in front of her and began reciting‚ imitating a tenor’s voice‚ “María” from West Side Story. The author adds that on that moment she figured out that her Hispanic appearance would follow
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and physical health of those who are prejudiced. Being constantly surrounded by superficial thoughts can heavily influence one’s feelings of self-worth. This was seen in the activity we did in class where we listed different stereotypes of various ethnicities. One stereotype mentioned was that all Asians are good at math‚
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The question being asked is whether or not there is an age where children become susceptible to sociocultural stereotypes. The background research looked at literature that discusses the process of social identification and acquisition of stereotypes. It suggests potential stages at which self-relevant stereotypes might affect children. The methods were developed by using eighty one Asian-American girls and seventy Asian-American boys from the Boston area. They were recruited by local Chinese‚ Korean
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