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Stereotype
Shatara Williams
PHI103: Informal Logic Instructor: Mindy Hamilton
September 23, 2013

STEREOTYPE
Introduction:
Stereotyping is not something that has started overnight; it has been going on for many years now. Everyone has had someone who has stereotyped them in some way at least once in their lifetime. Stereotypes could consist of race, gender, sexual orientation, and social class. The individuals who stereotype other individuals usually go by what others say about a certain race, gender, sexual orientation, and social class. Over the years there have been many stereotypes against certain groups of people. The main stereotypes have been about race and sexual orientation. Most people who stereotype
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I have encountered these stereotypes several times in my life and most of them time the outcome is not good. Being an African American I experience this type of stereotype on a daily basis, when I go into clothing or a store I get followed around the store like I’m going to steal something. I look around at the store to see if any other customer is being followed around but they are not, I’m the only one who is being followed around the store. Most workers who work in a clothing store or a store in general are being told to follow the minority customers around the store because they believe that all minorities steal which is not true. I am a minority and I do not steal, just because most minority steal does not mean all of them steal. Being woman males think that we cannot do the things that they do and that we should stay home to raise children, cook, and clean. When I was in the Army National Guard my first unit had an even mixture of males and …show more content…
Before I got there the unit was all male except for the Commander who was a female. The males did not like that they had to have females in there unit, they thought that we were weak and that we could not do our share of the work. We showed them that we are hard workers and we could hold our own. Being a young mom I have encountered several different stereotypes. Most people thought that I did not know how to take care of my son. People thought that most young moms are lazy and let their children run wild. When I had my son I took him and my little cousin to Wal-Mart and a lady made a comment to her husband that it was a shame that all these young girls are having babies back to back at a young age and not married. I was so upset but I did not let it bother me anymore because I was married and only one of the babies was mine.
Previous reports have shown that people have functioned inadequately in certain situations that they feel they are being stereotyped. (Kemick, 2013) Research studies out of the University of Toronto shows that prejudice has a long lasting negative influence of those who encounter it. (Kemick, 2013) Some people are more likely to become aggressive after they encountered a prejudice in a certain setting. (Kemick, 2013) Some people also had difficulty making good and lucid choices. (Kemick,

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