Stereotypes
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Thread Topic: Stereotypes
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Okay, so not trying to be a stereotype fanatic, or a stereotype hater, just my opinion.
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First, to start my "speech", here is the definition of stereotype:
ster·e·o·type
ster·e·o·type [stérree É™ tï †p, stree É™ tï †p]
n
1. oversimplified conception: an oversimplified standardized image or idea held by one person or group of another
2. psychology See stereotypy n.1
3. printing metal printing plate: a metal printing plate cast from a mold in another material such as papier-mâché. Also called stereo
vt (past ster·e·o·typed, past participle ster·e·o·typed, present participle ster·e·o·typ·ing, 3rd person present singular ster·e·o·types)
1. reduce to oversimplified categories: to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea
2. printing use stereotype in printing: to cast or print using a stereotype
[Late 18th century. From French stéréotype “solid-block printing.â€]
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Ignore the 1 defintions, but focus more on the pritning metal plate definition. When you print things, they come out exactly the same. Every copy comes out exactly the same as the last, and we can't really tell the difference from each one.
That's what stereotypes are. We are caterogizing people into groups, and we don't look deep enough into people to see their flaws, and their strengths.
But what we're actually doing is just human nature. Stereotypes, to a lot of people, are labels.
And that's exactly what use humans do. We label things. We could put dogs and cats together and just call them animals, but instead we're more specific. Canines and felines. Then we classify them even further. Dog- Pitbull. Cat- Siamese.
So with people, there is African Americans, Cacausians, Asians, etc. Then we go further with the "labels". Emo, preppy, jock.
That's a teenagers version of the world. When they grow up, they'll see a more political veiw. Maybe middle-class, or republican, or red-neck.
That's how we group people. We don't get all upset over someone calling another person a red-neck, because that's what they are.
So why should we get upset if someone calls you emo? That's how we see people. And I guess if you don't want people to see that stereotype, you should take it into your hands and show people the difference in each person of each stereotype.
I hope that made sense. Please comment on my "theory/speech" thing. -
That does make a lot of sense, actually...
Well, I do occasionally get a bit upset when someone calls me redneck (it does happen -_-') because redneck has been labeled as "no-good" and "trashy". (At least where I am). And people get upset by other labels as well because people make them out to be bad as well. -
Stereotypes piss me off.
People keep trying to put me in one, but I don't let them. -
Well put ^_^
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I dislike stereotypes. I always say if anyone asks in real life "the tuna can has a label but I don't, okie?"
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tongue ExperiencedI didn't read that, but stereotypes are bulls---.
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Same as tongue.
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Y'all should have read it :P
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