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This statement is sexist for the reason that they use the term “chick”, making it seem as if she was an animal of some sort. This statement could be considered problematic due to it being dehumanizing toward women. An alternative to this statement could be “Did you see the young lady over there?”

This statement I believe is racist for the reason that it talks about a specific race in a stereotypical manner. This statement could be problematic because it judges a race and puts them all in a category that isn't factual. I feel this would be difficult finding an alternative for because it would be difficult replacing the race factor of the statement without losing what the statement is actually talking about.

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This statement could be problematic due to it being offensive to someone's sexual preference. A alternative language could have been “Look at how she dances! It's terrible!” This statement gives description to her actual dancing and not offense to someone's sexual preference.

This statement is racist because it uses an specific ethnicity. This could be problematic because it offends those who may be of color that are the complete opposite of confrontational. It is sort of stereotypical. This would also be difficult to come up with an alternative due to it also referencing a ethnicity and it would be hard trying to replace the word in the statement without losing the main point.

This statement would be sexist for the reason then it makes it seem as if a woman getting married has to always give up her last name to her husband. This could be problematic not all women feel they have to accept their husband's last name just to have approval of marriage. An alternative to this statement could have been “Sarah keep her last name when she married.”. This removes the non acceptance from the statement and brings it into a more positive
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This could be problematic because it makes one believe that a person that may be from India does not live the normal life of anyone of another ethnicity. An alternative for this statement could be “My friend Ranjet is from India, and he is a regular guy”. THis gives the statement a sense of although Ranjet is from India he is just like you and me.

This statement I believe is heterosexist because it gives off that it wrong for men to want to watch their children rather than their wife. This could be problematic because there are a lot of stay at home dads or just fathers in general that like to watch their children and this statement makes fun of that. I feel simply taking out the word babysit and leaving the statement “John stayed home with his son while his wife ran a few errands”.

This statement is sexist because it makes it seem as if women and men are only entitled to a certain career path. This could be problematic because it comes off as a limitation to what men and women can choose in the work field when they in reality can be anything they want to be. An alternative to this statement could be “I know a good male nurse and pilot”. this gives a sense that these two people are actually good at what they do for a

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