How Does Stereotypes Affect Society

The Affect of Stereotypes on Society Criss Jami once said “When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title” (Jami). It is dangerous to stereotype people because we doing their abilities to be successful based off our opinions. Stereotypes involve prejudging a large group of people, it affects everyone. Stereotypes can be defined as generalizing a large group based in idea, and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotypes). For example, in an interview with Guy Raz from NPR, Jamila Lyiscott says that “When someone calls me articulate, it's not so much that they've never heard someone put together some words very well. It's that coming from my body, coming from my skin, coming from me, it's suddenly impressive. (Lyiscott) This shows the meaning of stereotype by showing that they thought it was impressive since it came from African American woman, but if the way she spoke would of came from a white woman they wouldn't of thought anything about it. …show more content…
For example in “Desiree’s Baby” The family was broken up because he is racist about African Americans. Armand has racial issues even though he is African American himself. This is evident when Armand says, "That the child is not white; it means that you are not white.” (Chopin). In addition, in the poem, “Labels” That you can't judge someone without knowing whats on the inside, nor can you judge them by the way they look. The speaker says “You can’t know me by just a look” (Holbrook) This quote shows how society is impacted by stereotypes by revealing that people judge you by your skin color and don't want nothing to do with you or your child because they can't see past their skin color, but they know nothing about you, nor do they know anything about your family they only see your skin