How Does Stereotypes Affect Society

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Every day when a person wakes up they make choices. Some people have to get dressed and think about how they are presenting themselves and what people think about them, while others simply do not care. Mostly, it is people of the upper class that stresses about this issue. In particular, celebrities are always challenged to look and act a certain way. Whenever they do not it typically draws plenty positive emotions and negative emotions from their fans. However, society tends to take what they see from celebrities and amplify the negative parts of the image.
One of the most popular controversies over the last several years involves the singer, Miley Cyrus, and her dramatic change in appearance. It all started in 2010 when an abnormal picture
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But the roles of little people have been severely limited and stereotypical, often othering little people as mythical creatures, angry and violent, or comedic spectacles.
Clearly not only do people react negatively to these images, but they even set celebrities with this disability up for even more negative responses to their unavoidable image. Regardless of how unfair it may be for these little people, it is the negative side of their disability that is more important to the media. The fact that these people’s images are different is what drives reporters and the media to create these controversies.
People seem to always prefer the negative side of celebrity’s actions and images. Their ability to bring out the negativity in the celebrity controversies is entertainment to many people and they enjoy seeing the drama that unfolds. Sometimes it even stretches past the choices celebrities make to things they cannot change, such as physical issues that alters their image. Lies and rumors are constantly created based off of what society sees, as well. As long as it is possible to take something negative out of an image of a celebrity, reporters and the media will create

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