Gender And Racial Stereotypes In Society

Each race is known to act a certain way; we think that everyone from that race acts that way; White people are proper and stuck up, black people are cheap and ghetto and Mexicans work hard for little pay. This is how we have been programmed to think through the years; this is why we as people definitely stereotype based on race and that’s probably never going to change.
When I identify myself, I say I’m African American. But why do I say that? I say that because that’s what I was taught and that’s how society sees me. I was taught that the color of my skin means that I am this. But when I strip down the layers, take away the color of my skin and forget about society I would say I am a fun, typical girl who just loves food, coffee mugs and …show more content…
Of course! How can we rid ourselves of this? First off, we can get rid of the stereotypes in movies and television. We have to come out of the norm and show some diversity. Let the black people be rich for once and the white people be poor. Or let the mexicans be rich and have a white gardener. That is something I have never seen. We have to let tv be diverse. Not only with race but gender. Let the wife make all the money and the dad stay home with the kids.Let’s not attach gender and racial stereotypes to character in a script. Writes should just have a script with a person and just see what person can fill the spot no matter what race. Since tv, movies and books are so influential I think it would be beneficial to start there with change. So when we get in the real world we will not expect one thing from one race and another thing from the other. Another thing we need to do is be true to ourselves and not worry about what other people say. We should not worry so much about how people think we should act. I know some people really can not help it but people will judge you all throughout your life so you might as well be who you want to be. When I was in school I was went to private school all of my life and I would hang with white people in school and then when I would hang with my black friends they would say, “Oh, I forgot you were proper like the white people.” What does that even mean? Why can’t everyone speak proper English with proper grammar? It’s not hard. That has nothing to do with white people but everything to do with the public school system. In a journal article I looked at that author said, “We cater to the stereotypes that society has affixed to us courtesy of the mainstream media.” We listen to the music that society tells us we are supposed to listed to. Black people listen to rap and white people listen to country. According to The Journal of Black Psychology, “In exploring who they are as individuals, adolescents