Banaji and Greenwald talk about all kinds of stereotyping, and how people judge others based on their race, gender and culture. This relates to Hook because she talks about how people stereotype poverty. Hooks and Ehrenreich use Banaji and Greenwald to help readers think beyond categories when it comes to stereotyping. Writers like Hooks, Ehrenreich, Banaji, and Greenwald get the audience to think beyond categories when considering poverty in society, by giving examples from their personal experiences and relating to the audience. Hooks asks about the extent to which social groups question our judgments about people’s characters and traits. She uses personal experiences and explains her college years and says how there were students and
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She gives an example from the story “Pretty Woman” and says that not all poor people are like that in this show, like how people think that the poor always steal things and they like it, but in reality it is not that they do like it, they just have no other way of getting all of these things that they want. They do it because they want to fit in and they do not want the people around them to look at them as poor. Hooks states how people portray most of the poor that they are self-contempt and that they always want to be rich when it could be the complete opposite. The poor are afraid to be themselves because they know that people around them judge. Also they portray the rich as giving and these kinds of shows become popular because of the stereotypes. But Hooks says that poor share a lot of qualities with economically advantages, so they share similar qualities. People are stuck in poverty because of how they are perceived and they do not need to be fixed and can live fulfilling lives.
Ehrenreich addresses the social issues about poverty. She uses Michael Harrington’s book “The Other American” and explains how he is portraying the poor as a whole different types of species and calls them “others”. He ignores the poor's hard work and their ambition because he is so blinded by all the stereotypes and assuming how poor are helpless
She gives an example from the story “Pretty Woman” and says that not all poor people are like that in this show, like how people think that the poor always steal things and they like it, but in reality it is not that they do like it, they just have no other way of getting all of these things that they want. They do it because they want to fit in and they do not want the people around them to look at them as poor. Hooks states how people portray most of the poor that they are self-contempt and that they always want to be rich when it could be the complete opposite. The poor are afraid to be themselves because they know that people around them judge. Also they portray the rich as giving and these kinds of shows become popular because of the stereotypes. But Hooks says that poor share a lot of qualities with economically advantages, so they share similar qualities. People are stuck in poverty because of how they are perceived and they do not need to be fixed and can live fulfilling lives.
Ehrenreich addresses the social issues about poverty. She uses Michael Harrington’s book “The Other American” and explains how he is portraying the poor as a whole different types of species and calls them “others”. He ignores the poor's hard work and their ambition because he is so blinded by all the stereotypes and assuming how poor are helpless