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Being an asian there are many stereotypes that people categorize me before actually getting to know me. It’s been a common thing and at times it does get annoying because your being put in such a general category that might not define you. Even so, I understand why people stereotype and I do admit I stereotype people as well. I believe everyone stereotypes and although we know it’s a bad thing, we do it unintentionally because it’s easy to just label and and categorize people into groups. Although Alexie was stereotyping Native American’s as alcoholics in his story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” I do not think it was his intent was to be malicious.

Believe it or not our society seems to classify people according to abilities, religion, customs, countries, and even likes, and dislikes. I personally think that each person is unique and being Chinese, Japanese, American, Mexican, etc. does not make you smarter or better one than another. In this case, Gladwell on Chapter 8 of Outliers highlights the intelligence and dedication of the Chinese population.

In his cartoon, Darrin Bell is implying that anti-immigrant attitudes today are continuities of anti-immigrant attitudes in the past. Although reasons for wishing away immigrants have changed over time, anti-immigrant attitudes in America are still extremely prevalent. It appears that the United States has started realizing the potential and benefits these immigrants present, but continue to shift their thoughts in order to align them with their attitudes. Through the cartoon, he is suggesting that the immigrants are minding their own business and doing what they need to do in order to support themselves. They are causing no harm to Americans, contrary to the belief that they are stealing American jobs. Immigrants are doing the jobs that Americans

There is one hard and very evident fact that exists in the world we inhabit; that fact is that stereotypes are as common as rain. A stereotype, as defined by bing.com, is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. They happen so often that we aren’t even aware that they occur. These atrocities appear in books, films, the news, and other worldwide forms of media. The troubled teen who just so happens to be of African American descent; or the saying of how the Chinese community cooks dogs as a source of meat; or how most people from Mexico are illegal immigrants; these are just some small examples of stereotypes. They exist in reality why should they exist in films. In the film A Family Thing, Ray’s troubled childhood is a stereotype, along with the films portrayal of African Americans.

Stereotypes are simple images or beliefs over the attributes assigned to a particular social group, are models of behavior that become schemes deeply rooted in our mentalities to the point that we adopt them as part of human naturalness. Stereotypes can be racial, religious, sexual and social. These could be the caused of a known incident or attitude years earlier, or simply the result of frequent rumors. Stereotypes can affect different spheres of society. These assumptions can filter into many aspects of life. For example, a company may refuse to hire someone for a job, because of the basis of stereotypes. As a result, a particular person might avoid a part of the city associated with a certain ethnic group. Due to the stereotypes associated

This author’s point of view was that of a high ranking, white, “native” American who was trying to acknowledge that other races weren’t necessarily bad, just inferior to the traditional blonde hair, blue eyed American. As seen in Document H, by 1921 it was being demanded that the only way to keep these immigrants under control is to put stiff limits on the number that can be let in at a 3% admission rate. The purpose of that cartoon was to convince anyone who could vote that even stricter admission rates were necessary in order to keep out the

The political cartoon “Let Him Go, McKinley” seemed to portray McKinley as a weak present that did not want America to get involved in other country’s fights. He was elected on his platform enforsing Cuban independence, but when it came time to let Uncle Sam go fight, he tried to remain neutral. This cartoon was made to increase the call to have America fight in The Spanish-American War before the vulture (Spain probably) got to the people. The cartoonist wants President McKinley to let Americans go to war with Spain.

Over the course of history, the way America perceives immigration has changed significantly. The immigration of non-white peoples during the late 1800s became a significant part of American history. People came from various parts of the world came to find better jobs to support their family. The cartoon “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner”, originally by Thomas Nast in 1869 and later parodied by G.F. Keller in 1877, depicts a meal shared between the different races of America. Both cartoons utilize symbolism to convey very opposing perspectives regarding immigration during the late 1800s. Not only do they elaborate on immigration issues, but they also address the separation of race and culture during that time. The original cartoon by Nast shows

Ethnic stereotypes operate in the same ways for men and women. In the reading “ Being WEIRD: How Culture Shapes the Mind,” Ethan Watters mentions how culture shapes the way of thinking and perception. “The most interesting thing about cultures…they mold out most fundamental conscious and unconscious thinking and perception.”(Watters 496). This shows how culture is not just about the materialistic things, but how it influence’s ones thinking and judgment in general. A main source that influences an individuals judgement is the media. It is exactly what happens in the reading “ Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas,” were Jennifer Pozner mentions how “Other Latina models throughout the series have been called ‘fiery’ as a compliment and ‘hootchie’ as an insult.” (Pozner 361). This quote shows how racial stereotypes work. The show America’s Next Top Model releases these name calling that will later on affect that particular ethnicity.

Americans are always scared when they see a black man and think about them trying to harm them. Actually, that isn’t always the case and isn’t the case a lot of the time. Brent Staples in his writing Black Men in Public Spaces shows some of the societies stereotype issues. Americans should stop stereotyping blacks, not purposely go around them at night, and he shouldn’t have to whistle to make people comfortable around him. Americans put stereotypes on different ethnicities.

In the 1950’s the cold war had begun. The fear of retaliation from communists was at large. Some Americans believed that communists were amongst them plotting. This lead to a dark time in history when American opportunity became limited for many. Most rights were limited, normal life was disrupted, and the most necessary human right may have been taken. All of these restrictions limited the American opportunity making it an age of fear and oppression rather than an age of opportunity.

Thomas Nast, 1840-1902, was a political cartoonist who is known by some historians as “the father of modern political American political cartooning” (Simpson, ANBO). This is due in part because Nast was the individual who created the donkey symbol to represent the Democratic Party and elephant symbol to represent the Republican Party. Another reason why he earned this title and therefore should be studied is that he changed the way cartoonists delivered their context. Before the Civil War cartoonist relied on dialogue rather than imagery to get the message across, However; Nast used pictures to convey the message of his cartoons (Simpson, ANBO). Since his cartoons did not need words to convey the message he was able to reach the illiterate community more effectively than other cartoonists of his time. Those viewing his cartoons not only would have been educated about the social and political events unfolding around them, but also would have picked up on Nast’s political opinions related to these events. Nast’s cartoons were one of the means in which the illiterate community gained information they would use to influence the political sphere. A large portion of the illiterate community were male ex-slaves who gained rights including the right to vote through the Reconstruction Amendments which would prove the difference in the 1868 presidential elections.

Stereotypical images have for long existed. Stereotypes are images or ideas about certain groups of people or things that in most cases are not true. Hispanic Americans are one of the many groups that are targeted the most with stereotypes. Hispanics are said to be drug dealers. Many Americans claim that Hispanics come to this country to sale drugs and as a result of this the country becomes in danger. However, the majority of Hispanics who come to this country come to live the American dream. Hispanics come in search of jobs to support their families back in their native countries. Another stereotype that is always said about Hispanics is that they are automatically wet backs. Just because someone looks Hispanic does not automatically make

One thing everyone needs to know is all stereotypes are all based on truths. Truths, pertaining to stereotypes, are how categorized groups used to act in a certain way in the past or how some still act that certain way currently. Truths are basically the honest look of how the group behaves. Currently people get misconceptions and stereotypes confused. Yet misconceptions are formed from stereotypes and are incorrect based on truths. Misconceptions are assumptions, or a mistaken belief, a person has because he or she is apart of the group. These misconceptions are not exaggerated and usually have no truths to it. Misconceptions and stereotypes about people also often get falsely confused with prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice is a person’s hostile opinion or feeling is based on something they have no knowledge about, thought, or reason behind it. Discrimination is the unjust treatment of a person due, the group, class, or category to which that person belongs to. So essentially a person’s adverse attitude toward someone is prejudice and a person’s biased action toward someone is discrimination. There are misinterpretations about stereotypes that make it seem as these made categorized groups as a bad thing, but there is always a little truth in every

movies like Independence Day, Casino Royale, Congo, Black Hawk Down, Blood Diamond, Rwanda etc. Another major stereotype discussed in the presentation was about the Bechdel Test. It was proposed by a feminist Alison Bechdel in the 80s. A movie is said to pass the Bechdel Test if in the movie, two or more women are shown to have a back and forth conversation about anything other than men. Surprisingly, out of 2500 movies, more than half have failed to pass it. Even the script writers do not try to pass the Bechdel Test because, well, this is what sells the movie. A lot of famous movies like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Dark Knight Rises, The Pirates of Caribbean have failed to pass this test. The stereotypes about Arabs were also discussed in detail. Arabs are shown as villains and terrorists. They are shown as barbaric, Muslims or foreigners. Arab women are depicted as belly dancers or harems under veils. This was followed by a discussion on stereotypes on Latin Americans, Blacks and Native Americans. Native Americans are a diverse culture but are still depicted as medicine men or princesses. Blacks are