How Stereotypes Affect Society

In this world there are many things people are guilty of, one of those guilt’s is stereotyping others , even if it wasn’t meant in a harmful are negative way we all have been a victim or the aggressor . This paper will discuses what stereotypes are, how they affect people and how stereotypes can affect society. However, the common factor in either situation is that no good comes from stereotyping others.

All most everyone in there lifetime has stereotyped others are have been a victim of stereotypes. A stereotype is the belief about another culture, race or a person that has no logic or evidence to support there negative thoughts. Many people believe that when a person stereotypes another it is the lack of information or ignorance about the person or people they stereotype. There are many cases of people being, for example in the movie Crash a young black man played by Lorenz Tate was shoot by a white male because of fear. The white male was scared or made uncomfortable when the young man reached into his pocket abruptly, resulting in him shooting the young black man. Immediately afterwards we find out all the young man was reaching for was a spiritual hood ornament of a biblical character. Now the question you must ask your. If the victim was a white male, would there have been that sense of, fear or was the young man stereotyped for being a young black man. As people, we have stereotyped others or have been stereotyped, even young children judge other children by there appearance. The kid that wears glasses is a nerd or one students parents my not be able to afford expensive things, so the students that are well endowed label the less fortunate students as being poor. This causes those students to be outcast with out any justification. Other stereotypes can deal with race, which many people of ethnic backgrounds are victims of daily. For example many people are characterized by the clothes they wear for that fact that clothes are colorful which many...