Stereotypes are common oversimplified concepts, based on assumptions, about a specific group of individuals. They are generally biased and aren’t based on the truth and oftentimes are highly incorrect and degrading to those certain individuals. Most people use them as a shortcut for an instant response and basing their judgement on the characteristics of the person they’re seeing. Although, in our society today where we are conditioned to make instant judgements on someone even before they speak that isn’t entirely the great issue. The issue comes when we use that instant judgement after that initial meeting because after that it’s no longer a stereotype but a prejudice assumption.
Stereotypes create a divide in society because it is a way of labelling everyone, for example, when you see someone new. you instantly have an assumption of that person and you’ve already decided whether they’re someone you’re going to talk to or not. Now, this may not be a problem, but sometimes this leads to a division where one thinks that they are superior to the other. For example, in U.S.A today, that division between white people and black people that was created because of stereotypes against black people for white people. …show more content…
These may seem harmless and complimentary even, but they’re not, they set unrealistic expectations for those people. Then, when they don’t live up to that expectations they are looked down on as if that was all they were as a person, as if there weren’t something more to them. There are asians who they aren’t good at maths, but are amazing in arts or that that tall black man is probably horrible at basketball and hates it, but is an amazing musician. It isn’t right to assume and expect something from someone you don’t know because they “fit the
Stereotypes create a divide in society because it is a way of labelling everyone, for example, when you see someone new. you instantly have an assumption of that person and you’ve already decided whether they’re someone you’re going to talk to or not. Now, this may not be a problem, but sometimes this leads to a division where one thinks that they are superior to the other. For example, in U.S.A today, that division between white people and black people that was created because of stereotypes against black people for white people. …show more content…
These may seem harmless and complimentary even, but they’re not, they set unrealistic expectations for those people. Then, when they don’t live up to that expectations they are looked down on as if that was all they were as a person, as if there weren’t something more to them. There are asians who they aren’t good at maths, but are amazing in arts or that that tall black man is probably horrible at basketball and hates it, but is an amazing musician. It isn’t right to assume and expect something from someone you don’t know because they “fit the