Dangers of Stereotyping : Don’t Judge A Book by Its Cover The world has created an image for everyone. Muslims are automatically terrorists if they use the word ‘bomb’. African Americans are ridiculed for loving Popeyes chicken. Caucasians are racists and every Latina has to be Mexican or a ‘spic’. By stereotyping our races our intelligence of different cultures are hindered, causing the human race as a whole to be belligerently lost in stupidity. But stereotypes are made for everything. Differences such as weight, height, and attributes in personal preferences play a part in daily stereotyping. People stereotype because they see difference which puts humanity in quite a bind. Although stereotyping is a second nature, it will leave permanent damages such as social segregation and cultural ignorance. The first danger of stereotyping is social segregation.
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In the article , “Understanding Why People Stereotype,” Amanda Goff states that the worst kind of stereotyping is when they are “attacking an entire group,” which is the first and most common type of stereotyping. The fact of stereotyping is that people are judging one person for the stereotype of the entire race and /or group, thus creating separation from one race to another. Because people have certain traits, individuals try to “fill in the blanks” for what they do not know about that person (Grobman 9). A student at Bonnabel High School got into an argument with a person who spoke the language of Spanish. Not because of an actual disagreement but because the person speaking spanish was called Mexican. When the situation was further investigated, the Spanish speaking student was upset because they were not Mexican, they were Honduran. By the other student hearing Spanish they instantaneously put a stereotype over that race and called them Mexican. Now other people may not see the problem with calling a Hispanic, Mexican. And in a normal conversation there would not be. But because of the stereotype of Mexicans being ‘dirty,’ this is very insulting. Now imagine a caucasian being called racist, an overweight child being called greedy, or even a person with piercings being asked if they like hard metal music. Stereotyping causes each of the differences in these people to keep them away from each other. The stereotype causes unnecessary separation. They all are humans, “the same in God’s eyes,” and they all have different cultures and styles (Hughes B12). The knowledge of these differences is also being hindered by stereotyping. The second danger of stereotyping is cultural ignorance. Being that people do not know everything about the person or the race, they continue believing the stereotype used to describe them. Furthermore, they would not try to learn what the real culture is behind it. They listen to the stereotype and continue to let it stupify them. This is because they are scared of people they do not know, because of their differences. Maybe they think it is too hard, but the fact is that they are so lazy to actually learn about it and educate themselves further that they are “willing” to fall for the stereotype ( Hughes B12). They fail to realize the are hindering cultural collaborations, new traditions, holidays and new insight on the world because of a false assumption. Seeing a 12-year-old overweight child and instantaneously stereotyping them as ‘greedy,’ is an “unfair discrimination” (Grobman 9). Plenty of natural reasons exist for a child to be overweight.
In the article , “Understanding Why People Stereotype,” Amanda Goff states that the worst kind of stereotyping is when they are “attacking an entire group,” which is the first and most common type of stereotyping. The fact of stereotyping is that people are judging one person for the stereotype of the entire race and /or group, thus creating separation from one race to another. Because people have certain traits, individuals try to “fill in the blanks” for what they do not know about that person (Grobman 9). A student at Bonnabel High School got into an argument with a person who spoke the language of Spanish. Not because of an actual disagreement but because the person speaking spanish was called Mexican. When the situation was further investigated, the Spanish speaking student was upset because they were not Mexican, they were Honduran. By the other student hearing Spanish they instantaneously put a stereotype over that race and called them Mexican. Now other people may not see the problem with calling a Hispanic, Mexican. And in a normal conversation there would not be. But because of the stereotype of Mexicans being ‘dirty,’ this is very insulting. Now imagine a caucasian being called racist, an overweight child being called greedy, or even a person with piercings being asked if they like hard metal music. Stereotyping causes each of the differences in these people to keep them away from each other. The stereotype causes unnecessary separation. They all are humans, “the same in God’s eyes,” and they all have different cultures and styles (Hughes B12). The knowledge of these differences is also being hindered by stereotyping. The second danger of stereotyping is cultural ignorance. Being that people do not know everything about the person or the race, they continue believing the stereotype used to describe them. Furthermore, they would not try to learn what the real culture is behind it. They listen to the stereotype and continue to let it stupify them. This is because they are scared of people they do not know, because of their differences. Maybe they think it is too hard, but the fact is that they are so lazy to actually learn about it and educate themselves further that they are “willing” to fall for the stereotype ( Hughes B12). They fail to realize the are hindering cultural collaborations, new traditions, holidays and new insight on the world because of a false assumption. Seeing a 12-year-old overweight child and instantaneously stereotyping them as ‘greedy,’ is an “unfair discrimination” (Grobman 9). Plenty of natural reasons exist for a child to be overweight.