Take Ehrenreich: Stereotypes Of The Poor

What is stereotyping? In a nutshell it is judging somebody based on appearance. We all do it all the time , however some people might not say it out loud or admit it. For example, for myself I know when I was younger living in Fresno I know that I stereotype myself. More specifically African Americans. There were a lot of gangs where we live therefore I was scared of them. So I assumed that same for everybody. Take Ehrenreich ,the author, talk about there certain stereotype of the poor class that people think is true. His book, “How I discovered the truth about poverty” tells us that the poor aren’t taking advantage of the welfare system instead there are trying to better themselves for a better future. In fact he states towards the end, “Poverty is not, after all, a …show more content…
By family are going to school for better opportunities and a better lifestyle. For the short term we may be taking of the system for a bit, however we will pay that back since we get better jobs by our taxes. It a win-win right? We don’t have to look far to find examples. Take the author, Richard Rodriguez, an immigrant from Mexico showed us that anything is possible. He did the best he could went to top school with his scholarships and was very successful. His book, The Scholarship boy, talk how the American dream is possible and these stereotype that people have on us might sometimes be false. Before you assume a certain stereotype you need to find out yourself if there are true or not. Some stereotypes are true so may not. Let me give you a personal example. For the longest of time up to high school I thought that the middle class where a bunch of greedy people who always wanted more. That was by stereotype. As I continued through life I figured out that this stereotype is false. It may be true that some people are like this but for most i isn’t true. Most want to move their family forward and this is how they do