Examples Of Racial Stereotyping

One may ask, what is stereotyping? Well, according to (Cardwell 1996), “Stereotype is a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.” In other words, it is how people group one another in the surroundings. Stereotyping has been around for many years and frankly, the entire human race is guilty of stereotyping, be it, orally or perceiving, since it is found to be in different cultures and races. We normally find ourselves casting judgements on other people because of their culture, race, gender, or even what they may be wearing without properly knowing them.
It is said that coloured people, the police and women are easily stereotyped because they all show recognizable and consistent attributes. When the attributes are readily shown and consistent, then it is easy to make a judgment. For example, here in the Grenada or the Caribbean on a whole, we are known to never be on time. This is a generalized statement, not everyone likes …show more content…
This is an example of a type of stereotype called racial stereotyping.
In addition, gender roles are basically generalizations that are inaccurate that are attributes of both male and female. We all know that most stereotypes are not valid though, we still based our assumptions on gender. Today, many feminists debate that women are not as strong as men, women supposed to make less money than men or women are supposed to stay at home, take care of the kids and do household chores, while the men go out to work. These are all examples of gender stereotypes.
Stereotypes can affect an individual emotionally. The individual may move away from a situation where they were negatively affected by stereotyping and still be taunted by the effects. They tend to become aggressive after they have been stereotyped in a certain situations and show a lack of self-esteem and