Stereotypes In Bike Thief By Linda Hamilton

What if humanity isn't what it's cut out to be? What if we just assumed we knew a person by their physical features they have no control over or the gender they were born with? Believe it or not, that is the case In modern day society. For instance many people judge others with stereotypes and come to a decision that could lead to that persons life or death. Many people judge on race and gender and what a person's life is worth. in the Bike Thief scene racism is handled with subconsciously, in bum bashing its people's self worth, in Linda Hamilton it shows no matter who you are with great morals you can do great wonders for others.

In Bike Thief stereotypes affect a persons thought and decisions majorly. When the wan male went to steal the bike, people neglected to notice him. When it was a white female people were more than happy to help her, but a black male is a different story. When he had attempted to steal the bike people approached him, showing their wrath showing a little set back. Although they said they would have acted that was despite his gender or race, that is not what happened to most. It may just apply to his gender or just his race, but there was a sudden bias with this person, maybe subconsciously through the person's mind but It was still there. Were these people raised in a racist household or were amounts of history showing that nothing substantial came from darker skinned people tainted their mindset. Bum bashing was brought up in one of the later episodes, teenagers were going around and hurting and in some cases killing homeless people for no actual reason except it's fun and attains them more views on YouTube. …show more content…
With poor morals in mind the teens began to beat the helpless person with a bat and other tools with the soul purpose of hurting them. What many don't realize is that there are many homeless people everywhere, we all image the stereotypical homeless person in rags and old garments right? Many can be living out of a relatives house, some may just be barely getting by with their weekly salary. Why must we limit those with stereotypes? Just because they look a certain way doesn't mean that's who they are, if you have ever met a person who you had previously stereotyped had your views changed about who they were as an individual? Most likely yes, stereotypes are absurd and we as the population need to stop it altogether. I rue the day stereotypes became popular because, after stereotypes it had affected the way many people view a certain population or ethnicity. Linda Hamilton is a humane woman, when a black male was sent to travel out and fall, Linda had stopped and tried to grab peoples attention for the man and to try and attain him help even though she couldn't provide it. Twenty-six people pass by the man with Linda tries to help him, twenty-six. Its outrageous, I'm not sure what I would have done, but i would like to think I would at least stop and try to help. These people just walked by, others even joked. No one stopped to help the man until one lady came up and help, her reasoning was that she saw the man