what is stereotyping?

Question

why do ppl hide behind the term 'to stereotype someone is...'? i mean an apple is an apple and an orange is an orange no matter what right? and a person who steels is a person who steels, and a person on welfare is a person on welfare. and those two things dont have a race behind them, or a color, all ppl who steel are different races, maybe is that a stereotype, and all ppl who are on welfare are different races. so how can some one safely say something with out it being called stereotyping?

Answer 1

An apple is an apple.

But that's not stereotyping. Or at least not in the context you are providing.

Social stereotyping is putting a generalization to a group of people based on a characteristic.

Like.. "All Asians are smart."

or.. "All athletes are stupid."

or.. "All blondes are bimbos."

And these generalizations are all false.

This is the kind of stereotyping that has a bad rap. And for good reason too.

Answer 2

Stereotyping is not as simple as an apple is an apple or an orange is an orange.

Let us use a very current example.
Muslim extremists blew up the World Trade Centers, they were murder bombers.
When you see another muslim walking down the street do you assume that person is a muslim extremist plotting to blow up civilians.

Your statements about a thief is a thief and a welfare recipient is a welfare recipient is true absolutley true and factual.
It is when you start saying things like:
That single black woman with 4 kids walking down the street is a welfare recipient.
That punk mexican kid that has been hanging around my house alot is probably a thief.
That wierd looking white guy is probably a rapist
That muslim is a murder bomber.

These are stereotypes.

Now...
The police use these because STATISTICALLY speaking these statements are usually true. The police track crimes and things by race and culture etc. and use this to try and predict crimes and find people who meet certain criteria. Or meet the stereotype, sometimes they are wrong, MOST of the time they are correct...

Answer 3

If it wasn’t for the media, television, magazines, family, music, statistics and the inability to analyze each and every individuals, reason or story, based on that persons life, there probably wouldn’t be a need to even think about it. People should be looked upon as a solitaire life connected to events that may have happened to them that they couldn’t control outside of themselves. People that steal, lie, cheat, kill, rape, and all the other horrible things people can do are based on mental disorders and some sort of trauma that could of occurred to them, or it could it of been deprived from society. What if someone from the day they were born, was caring, loving, ambitious, hard working, family man, god fearing, just an over all great person, suddenly inherited a disorder that began to slowly but surely take himself away, and started to act in way that was beyond his control, like using drugs, robbing, fighting, committing crimes, suddenly this person lost everything, his family, job, respect, now lets say he went to prison, he gets out and has to live off of SSI, welfare, eating at homeless shelters. This scenario happens more than you think, if you met this person, you wouldn’t have a clue what type of life he had, automatically this guy would be cataloged as a bum and a burden, to from society’s perspective. From infant to adolecences to adulthood is a learning cycle that becomes a breeding ground later in life to, find placement in such a diverse country. People are who they are by what they see and hear, and this applies to friends and family that passes these thoughts, positive and negative, from one another naturally, who creates what we see as a stereotype? Is it what I first mentioned in the beginning, or is some natural thing we are born with?

Answer 4

Well, it begins by recognizing that a Delicious Apple is not the same as a Granny Smith and a Red Delicious with bright red skin probably tastes less crisp than one with some green in the skin color. Stereotyping is taking a characterization too far and recognizing that sometimes people disagree on where "too far" is. As soon as you hear "all Blacks" or "too many welfare mothers" then you are probably getting into stereotyping. And sometimes you can't get out of it, so you have to walk away.

Answer 5

Stereotypes are ideas held about members of particular groups, based primarily on membership in that group. They may be positive or negative prejudicial, and may be used to justify certain discriminatory behaviors. Some people consider all stereotypes to be negative. Stereotypes are rarely completely accurate, based on some kernel of truth, or completely fabricated. Different disciplines give different accounts of how stereotypes develop: Psychologists focus on how experience with groups, patterns of communication about the groups, and intergroup conflict. Sociologists focus on the relations among groups and position of different groups in a social structure. Psychoanalytically-oriented humanists have argued (e.g., Sander Gilman) that stereotypes, by definition, are never accurate representations, but a projection of an individual's fears onto others, regardless of the reality of others.

Answer 6

Stereotyping is inevitable. But it is as much as the individual approximately approximately whether or not they pass judgement on the persons off of the stereotype or whether they get to understand the individual earlier than they pass judgement on them. I consider approximately the stereotype of persons at all times (that child is emo, that one is punk and so forth.) however I take a look at to not affirm that during my head till I rather get to no them. Other persons consider those matters, then continue to behave and pass judgement on at the stereotypes. So Stereotypes are well for determining approximately the individual's external look and the way they convey themselves, however they do not maintain the real persona, for that you just need to dig deeper.

Answer 7

It seems to me you misunderstand what stereotyping is. You might want to check wikipedia.org.

What else is a person who steels? Untrustworthy? Depends.

What else is a person on welfare? Someone who steels? Probably not.

What else is a person who is black? Someone who graduated from Harvard? Possible.

Answer 8

Stereotyping is term used to cop out of being rightly categorized

Answer 9

I agree with you, its hard not to stereotype but you shouldn't judge a book by its cover