African American Stereotypes In Society

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Stereotypes affects a human’s perception on a daily basis. Simply just walking down a street, and looking at the people who pass you, perceptions are being made about those people based on stereotypes that were formed early in a child’s life. Psychologist Paul Bloom speaks about how stereotypes can be rational times. You wouldn’t ask your grandma to help move furniture because you wouldn’t think she could be capable of lifting the heavy objects. But just because a thought may be rational doesn’t mean it is moral or humane. If you look back in American History on one moment is the Three-Fifths Compromise. Which is a completely rational idea but it is completely racist to count an African- American as only three-fifths of a human being. People

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