Stereotypes
Stereotypes always confused me a pinch because I don’t understand how you can just assume something about someone when there’s no solid evidence that confirms its true just by looking at them. However, I know that it isn’t necessarily logical to anyone, but everyone still does it. It’s pretty much become a habit. I honestly thought that stereotypes existed because there were so many people who fit into them. Not everyone by any means and I knew it still wasn’t okay to make assumptions, but a stereotype existed because there was a substantial amount of people who fit into it. After talking to Maya and talking in class (sorry I’m a day late) I realized that stereotypes exist because the media and society has characterized these stereotypes so frequently even though it doesn’t necessarily pertain to the majority of those people. Because we’ve been exposed to them so much, our brains just make the assumption and we aren’t paying close enough attention to catch it and stop it. Most people know that stereotypes aren’t true to everyone and that it isn’t right to make the assumption, but most people don’t even realize when they do it.
I totally get that stereotyping has become a habit that sprouted from the media. However, with some media being not so trustworthy once in a while, why do you think people take on certain news/events concerning a race as something that can be generalized as the behavior for that entire race?













