Lunch Ladies Stereotypes

Imagine being perceived in a way were almost everyone thought one lived a catastrophic life based on the school they went to. A stereotype is an image of a person or group of people that is labeled or seen in a specific way by a range of people. Although stereotypes come with some legitimacy, another way groups and individuals are judged or viewed differently is by misconceptions. False interpretations forming from misunderstood ideas or thoughts are misconceptions. Stereotypes have come from past generations which are now influenced from media such as movies, tv shows, and social networks.

A stereotype is a fixed set of beliefs upon of a certain group of individuals who share common traits. Stereotypes can be classified into a wide range of categories such as: race, culture, ethnicity, gender, social or economic status, and religion. A stereotype has to do with a group of people rather than an individual. Most stereotypes are biased and untrue. Stereotypes often lead to prejudice, meaning that one acts a certain way due to the fixed beliefs they have toward a certain group of individuals.

A stereotype is what others believe about a group, but sometimes it is true and most of the time it is exaggerated. A misconception happens when there is a stereotype, it is an incorrect assumption and based as truths. College students fall under many stereotypes and misconceptions in which they need to be better understood, they are simply people who are going to school to get their degree and pursue their career.

Think about your school lunches back when you were in school. Was it good? Was it bad? Well these days the school lunch has gone down hill because they are cheap and tasteless. Most students don 't think the school lunches are very good.

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.

A stereotype is giving a certain belief to all people, which may only reflect a few of the racial group. For instance, an example would be saying “all black people are on welfare because they are lazy.” Stereotypes can be negative and positive. For the most part a stereotype is an exaggeration of an idea that people will give to a person or group. In the movie, crash, an example of a stereotype would be when Sandra Bullock hired a lock smith and assumed he was in a gang because of his pants, prison tattoos, and his shaved head.

All Asians are good at math, all blondes are dumb, all Muslims are terrorists - these are all common stereotypes. Without even realizing it, stereotypes have undeniably played an enormous role in individual lives. Minds seem to already set a certain image in them based on the people they encounter. People judge others by their skin tone, ethnicity, and physical appearance unconsciously, and this have been proven by many social experiments. Of course, though these stereotypes might be accurate at times, there are situations where they are completely defied.

When I say stereotypes I simply mean the different ways groups of people are based upon. One big stereotype that I’ve heard about lately is “basic white girls.” People have stereotyped Caucasian females as “basic” because of different styles of clothes, drinks being consumed, and the general feeling for certain holidays to name a few. Being part of the Caucasian female population, I find it offensive and unnecessary to put every white female in a category of “basic.” This has proceeded from a small joke to a microaggression, however, I do see this become something more serious over time.

Hidden Stereotypes 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.

Racial stereotypes suggest that all black people are great at sports (YourDictionary, 2014). Gender stereotypes can include the idea that men do all the work and are stronger than women (YourDictionary, 2014). They may also suggest that women are not good at sports or cannot drive as well as men (YourDictionary, 2014). Sexual stereotypes send out the idea that men who show their feminine side and women who show too many masculine traits must be homosexuals (YourDictionary, 2014). Additional stereotypes include blondes being unintelligent, teenagers being rebellious, women focusing on nothing but their looks, the list goes on and on (YourDictionary,2014).

“A stereotype is an oversimplified or generalized idea about a certain group of people, often held by members of a different group.” Stereotypes typically come from those who are ignorant to topics such as gender, sexuality, race, religion, etcetera. The people imposing the cliche use stereotypes as a defense mechanism, to feel superior, safer, more comfortable. A couple examples of this are gender bias or roles and police brutality. Gender bias is a very common stereotype.

People get categorized by stereotypes everyday just by outward appearances or the group of people they are associated with. A stereotype is a preconceived notion about a group of people. People form fixed images of a group that are assumed that all group members act and behave is a particular way. A person essentially gets stereotyped by being “guilty by association” of a particular group. All stereotypes get based off of a bit of truths that all group members similarly have.

In the movie, “The Breakfast Club,” The principal gives the student an assignment to write an essay about “who you think you are." A teenager is someone that is in the age group of thirteen to eighteen. At that age, how is a teenager supposed to know who they are when there are so many stereotypes. As a teenager, I believe that teenagers are unfairly stereotyped.

That is putting everyone in a certain category, making people feel isolated, especially if they are young. I hear about stereotypes every day if it is by my peers or social media. I would like to talk about a stereotype I get all the time. The statement is as follows, “ Southerners are people who like country music; if you don’t; your not southern”. Now, my family is the definition

Stereotypes are the ugly truth, that become exaggerated. A person becomes stereotyped by the way they act and behave a certain way. Stereotypes consist of two people or more which create a group. Everyone is categorized in groups by a stereotype that is associated with them. For instance, at a high school there are the jocks, the preps, the geeks, the poser and et cetera.