‘well, it's a stereotype because it's true!’
You may have heard this before, but is it true or your brain is tricking you. Are we forced to stereotype by our brains?! In this article, I am going to talk about culture stereotypes, how we got stereotypes, why they even exist, why we got stuck with them and how to fix them if there's a way to fix them. But first what is it about stereotypes that's going on our brains, what's exactly happening when we stereotype?!
OK…Stereotype is defined normally as an oversimplified generalization that's used to describe an entire group of people. Scientifically and logically stereotyping is like every other existing phenomenon which we encounter every day, with its pros and cons. ! But… Is it a new phenomenon!? or has it …show more content…
As well as stereotyping, had become a part of our way of communicate. Again, stereotypes can be both negative, like white people can't dance, and positive, black people can flawlessly dance/ Asians can do math , but either way stereotypes do the same thing, they lump people together instead of seeing them as individuals. we do stereotype immediately and unconsciously all the time, we don’t even realize that some of ones’ speeches are stereotyping, you probably -as a reader- have already stereotyped me, maybe based on the way I address the readers, the words I use, what I had chosen to write about and so on…
But most people think the "black people can dance" Stereotype is true because of social conditioning and the media. Eddie Murphy's "Raw" came out in 1987, and then his famous "white people can't dance" joke was repeated all throughout the 90s. We had movies like "Save the Last Dance", where a white girl learns to dance from a black guy. "Bring it On" also perpetuated the stereotype with rival black and white cheerleading squads, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. So, how does a joke from a popular standup routine transform into a
You may have heard this before, but is it true or your brain is tricking you. Are we forced to stereotype by our brains?! In this article, I am going to talk about culture stereotypes, how we got stereotypes, why they even exist, why we got stuck with them and how to fix them if there's a way to fix them. But first what is it about stereotypes that's going on our brains, what's exactly happening when we stereotype?!
OK…Stereotype is defined normally as an oversimplified generalization that's used to describe an entire group of people. Scientifically and logically stereotyping is like every other existing phenomenon which we encounter every day, with its pros and cons. ! But… Is it a new phenomenon!? or has it …show more content…
As well as stereotyping, had become a part of our way of communicate. Again, stereotypes can be both negative, like white people can't dance, and positive, black people can flawlessly dance/ Asians can do math , but either way stereotypes do the same thing, they lump people together instead of seeing them as individuals. we do stereotype immediately and unconsciously all the time, we don’t even realize that some of ones’ speeches are stereotyping, you probably -as a reader- have already stereotyped me, maybe based on the way I address the readers, the words I use, what I had chosen to write about and so on…
But most people think the "black people can dance" Stereotype is true because of social conditioning and the media. Eddie Murphy's "Raw" came out in 1987, and then his famous "white people can't dance" joke was repeated all throughout the 90s. We had movies like "Save the Last Dance", where a white girl learns to dance from a black guy. "Bring it On" also perpetuated the stereotype with rival black and white cheerleading squads, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. So, how does a joke from a popular standup routine transform into a