Does your nationality, race, ethnicity, gender or any other characteristics change the way people view you?

Answer 1

absolutely. Look at your avatar and then look at mine. What do you think?

Answer 2

Yes, for better and for worst, depending on the person and where they are from.

Sometimes as I Canadian, I'm seen in a possitve light because of my countries reputation as being more tolerant and open.

Others I'm seen as a potential complainer because of the same by some right wing Americans.

Sometimes cos I'm white, some people might assume bad things about me too.

Other characteristics? Well in my case, I'm a introvert with bad posture, bit of a geek. Certainly that changed the way some people viewed me. I believe often that sort of characterirstic more dominant than race but it depends on the environment you are in and on the viewer. In Quebec, being an anglophone had some negative connetations when being viewed by some francophones.

If you are in a "conflict zone" then race is a more dominant trait. When factors such as physical fighting or huge economic disparity are less apparent, race is a less apparent issue.

Answer 3

Race: Hispanic Ethnicity: 1/2 Brazilian 1/2 Uruguayan Nationality: American Natural hair color: Brunette Eye Color: Coffee brown Skin tone: Olive Height: 5'2 Sex: Female

Answer 4

Absolutely, all of them do. Try going as a white person to an open-air market anywhere in Latin America and the people will charge you more than twice what they charge the locals- ditto for taxi-cabs and restaurants that don't have prices on their menu. Also, go to a fast-food place in a non-white area of Baltimore or DC and be prepared for the slowest, most discourteous service of your life. Similarly, I've been told at work when the copier was jammed «you're a man; you know how to fix things». People of all races, nationalities, etc. do it.

Answer 5

I think these are some of the stereotypes that people use to view other people differently.

White people: They got the job because they were white.

Black people: If they have a good job its because of affirmative action. If they are under 30 and wearing a t-shirt and jeans they are thugs especially if its baggy.

Women: If they have a good job its because they slept with the boss or supervisor. A fine woman with an average looking man is seen as a gold digger most of the time.

Jewish: Your bank account is the banks amount.

Muslims: Please don't blow up something until I leave this store.

Answer 6

As one of the few non- Indian in my region, yes , my family is viewed as "whities" my daughter suffers at school from the torment, but since my husband works at the school and I run the local club for kids, we are now being accepted a little more into the community, as long as we keep our place, and mind our own business. It is so bad that we are sending our daughter to a school that is 40 miles away next year---we have had our car stolen, my purse, camera, our home broken into, we just have to grin and bear it for now and hope things get better, all of our money is tied up in our home and land so leaving is not an option right now

Answer 7

hate to be the devils advocate on this one, but stereotypes, while ehtically wrong when used to belittle others, only catch on if they work. If I went around saying chinese people could shoot laser beams out of their eyes, I doubt anyone would take that seriously, and you would not hear it everywhere, and it wouldn't catch on, and would not be in law books that noone can say it. Stereotypes are like involuntary political parties, where, if you don't want to or don't have the time to get to know the person, you have a general idea of what they are likely to support or espouse; it's just a time-saving thing. So yeah, I think it does, and it doesn't really bother me; anyone who doesn't take the time to get to know me outside of racial stereotypes has nothing I want or need.

Answer 8

No, for me i view people by their actions. i observe them and look to see if i can see their auras. this way i can tell if they are humans or cyborgs. Humans have a defect and that is they are only human they have a conscious. cyborgs are here to provoke you to do something wrong and make you feel bad about yourself. they give the impression that they are human. they bleed and everything just like a human, but they have a flaw too and that is no conscious. everyone in this world has met a cyborg, as a matter of fact, when they are finish wrecking havoc, they put themselves back in their box. they wait till there is another time to cause trouble.

Answer 9

Yes it does. People tend to view a race as a whole. Whether is be by media, personal experiences, or here say, they take one experience a clump us all together. Look at some of the questions asked here and check out the responses. Alot of people think blacks are lazy, uneducated, receive welfare and do drugs. Not a fair assumption.

Answer 10

Yep. And the answer should be yes for everyone. It is natural for humans to have views of certain groups of people based on that. Our minds have the power to connect and associate feelings and characterateristics to certain things.

Answer 11

yes it does in america but less in other parts of the world i think tv has alot to do with it like right now it is a big thing cause two black coaches are in the super bowl and like men in most sitcom are portrayed as doofs and the women are strong and the smart one in the relationships which is true in sometimes but not 9out of ten times this is from 27/m/tx sorry for spelling :)