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WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?

WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?. Stereotype : a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group. The White Stereotype. They are dimwitted rednecks and yokels Listen to country music Can’t dance All white people are racists

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WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE?

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  1. WHAT IS A STEREOTYPE? Stereotype: a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group

  2. The White Stereotype • They are dimwitted rednecks and yokels • Listen to country music • Can’t dance • All white people are racists • Fist pumping frat boys

  3. The African American Stereotype • All African Americans are poor • All African Americans love watermelon • All African Americans love to play dice • All African Americans eat and love fried chicken • All African Americans are devout Christians

  4. Black Stereotypes

  5. Top ten stereotypes of Black Americans[3]

  6. Asian Stereotypes • They are all short • They are tech savvy • They are all Chinese • They know Kung Fu • They all wear glasses and cannot see well • They all eat and love rice • They are good at math

  7. The Hispanic Stereotype • They are all illegal aliens • They ride 10 to a car • They are all lazy • They all refuse to learn the English language • They all have names like Pedro or Jose

  8. Arab Stereotypes • Work at gas stations and drive taxis • Terrorists • Hate America • All fanatic Muslims

  9. Gay Stereotypes Men: • Weak or “girly” • High pitch effeminate voice • Fashionable, concerned with appearance • Hyper-sexualized Women: • Manly • Not pretty

  10. What do these stereotypes do? • Facilitate discrimination across the nation. • Allow for hate to settle in the minds of people. • Destroy confidence levels in particular races • Creates self-fulfilling prophecies

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