Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system, they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. However, it is also something that most people find difficult to avoid from doing. What do you think?
First and foremost, what is stereotyping? The stereotype is a widely held but fixed and reduced image or idea of a particular type of person or thing In a more simple word for the definition of stereotype, stereotyping occurs when we offer a hasty generalization about a group based on a judgement about an individual from that group. How does stereotyping work, First, we categorize other people into groups based on a variety of criteria - age, sex, race, sexual orientation, occupation, the region of the country or physical abilities. Next, we infer that everyone within that group has the same characteristics. For example, people who wear classic spectacle with braces on his/her teeth is been categorize as a dork or a nerd because of his/her appearance. Another example is that Chinese American is been categorize as a professional in a particular subject called Mathematics as the people of China is more toward the business in the distant past of the history. By stereotyping, we basically jump into conclusion and assuming that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have which is they don’t.
In the conclusion, people nowadays like to stereotype other people as their entertainment.It's like their habit that most people hard to avoid that will lead to bad consequence and may trigger the controversion among people. Our stereotypes of people from different people groups are often negatives such as White American might incorrectly believe that African Americans are not as qualified for higher education as they are however the Prime Minister of American, Barack Obama is an African-American, and he is one of the influential people among people. So in my own opinion, don't judge a book by its cover.
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