This reading seemed pretty interesting in how it talked about stereotypes. I think it’s pretty popular today of how strong stereotypes are towards certain races. Like most people today would look at a six foot six tall African American male and most likely think that they are probably a basketball player because of their height and the history of his race. It’s just something people do because that’s what it seems like that our culture seems to make a stereotype of every single race there is. Most people will say that they don’t stereotype against someone because of their race but their full of it. Everyone judges someone by their race or heritage. Like on most TV shows it’s pretty evident that stereotypes exist. Like on an episode of Family Guy Peter meets an American Indian and automatically asks where his casino is at. It seems crude but that’s what the real world is like, most people traveling out near Las Vegas might meet an American Indian dressed well and insist the same exact thing.
A strong stereotype since the September 11th attacks has been a strong stereotype against Middle East people. Everyone got a little bit more sensitive after the terrorist attacks and it was very evident that no one really knew how to feel about them. People didn’t fly because of certain people flying on the same plane and seemed to not trust anyone of the Middle East decent. Eventually most people got over their fears and stereotypes but not everyone.
But I think the real person or thing to blame in this is the media in the United States and other people who seem to teach these stereotypes. People don’t just bring on these stereotypes on their own they are taught and learned from another source. They come from people who like to brainwash this into someone’s mind. We need to stop blaming ourselves and maybe stop looking at others.