A Short Summary On Stereotyping
Judge Not…..
Lisa Rickman
Stereotyping often leads to prejudice and bigotry, left unchecked leads to dehumanization which in turn can lead to discrimination, isolation, and violence.
Introduction
I. “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can sometimes kill you.”
II. Today I hope to convince you to change your way of thinking about people that are different from you, to toss aside engrained prejudices and to do your part to ensure a better future for all.
III. I have lived 46 years on this Earth, watching numerous atrocities occur across the globe to innocent people who did nothing more than be born.
IV. Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing a perceived enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. …show more content…
V. Whether you realize it or not, you were introduced to stereotypes at birth.
VI. 1. In the past, stereotyping resulting in dehumanization ended in violence and even genocide. 2. Today stereotyping is building hate groups and promoting discrimination. 3. What does the future hold?
I’ll begin a history lesson.
Body
I. In the past, stereotyping resulting in dehumanization ended in violence and even genocide.
A. "When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have been committed in the name of rebellion." 1. Hitler’s “final solution” ordered the annihilation of approximately six million Jews.
.
2. The use of stereotyped conceptions of Jews as lecherous old men seducing young Aryan women, of dirty Jewish butchers, unscrupulous Jewish lawyers, hard-hearted Jewish landlords, rich Jewish business men and their wives ignoring the poverty around them, all combined to create a hate-filled image of Jews.
B. Lynchings took place most frequently in the Southern United States from 1890 to the 1920s. 1. The Tuskegee Institute recorded 3,446 blacks were lynched from 1882 to 1968.
2. Frequently photographs were taken as trophies of the kills as if they were slain beasts, instead of human beings. C. In the occupation of the New World, Indians were massacred, their women and children raped and murdered or taken as slaves.
1 .In 1955, the Supreme Court stated: "No case in this Court has ever held that taking of Indian title or use by Congress required compensation."
.
2. Indian nations, according to the Supreme Court, have been compensated for their lands by having Christianity and civilization bestowed upon them.
Even now that we have entered the 21st century, dehumanization through stereotypes has not been overcome.
II. Today stereotyping is building hate groups and promoting discrimination.
A. According to the Southern Povery Law Center, “There are currently 1,007 known hate groups operating across the country, including neo-Nazis, Klansman, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, black separatists, border vigilantes and others.” B. According to stopbulling.gov: “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an increased risk of being bullied.” C. One recent political attacks on the definition of rape, shows just how short our stride is in ending stereotyping and discrimination of women.
1. Todd Akins, representative from Missouri, in answer to the question about abortion being allowed for rape victims had this to say: “"If it 's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. “
Can we move passed all of this, is there any hope for equality?
III. What does the future hold? Can we learn to overcome our past and our present by learning how to avoid stereotypes, thereby avoiding dehumanization, discrimination, and violence?
A. We may need to start with baby steps. 1. Introduce yourself to someone new, someone you normally wouldn’t approach.
2.
Stereotype yourself. What typical stereotype do you fall under?
B. Our thought processes need an overhaul.
1. Always see someone through considerate, respectful eyes.
2. Do not for any reason, describe a person using a stereotype, even in your mind.
3. Give them a backstory. Who are they? Where did they come from? What’s their favorite color? C. Try this short exercise:
1. Describe me to someone, without using race, sex, age, or any physical attributes, use only words that describe my character.
2. We must practice promoting equality in all humans, in order to promote a viable future for all. What’s the lesson today?
Conclusion
I. Children learn what they live, but they don’t have to be slaves to those ideals throughout their lives. II. Stereotyping often leads to prejudice and bigotry, left unchecked leads to dehumanization which in turn can lead to discrimination, isolation, and violence.
III. 1. I have shared a small part of stereotyping and dehumanization in our history. 2. I’ve also give you some examples of stereotyping in our present. 3. I have given you tips on how we can have a better future with your
help.
IV. If we wait for the next generation to pick up the mantle, what hope will there be for your children and grandchildren?
V. Everyone in this room has been subjected to stereotyping, discrimination, possibly even violence due to stereotyping, if you haven’t, there’s a very real chance that you will be.
VI. If you cannot find it in yourself to be a part of the solution, at least, don’t be a part of the problem. No one has the right or is entitled to make someone else feel like they are less than human or less than worthy.
WORKS CITED
Gentilviso, Chris. "Todd Akin on Abortion: ‘Legitimate Rape’ Victims Have ‘Ways To Try To Shut That Whole Thing Down’" The Huffinton Post., 19 Aug. 2012. Web. 4 April 2013.
Snow, C.P. The Two Cultures. NewYork. Cambridge University Press. 2012. Print
Southern Poverty Law Center 2013. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.
Stopbullying.gov 2013. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States. No. 43. Supreme Ct. of the US. 7 November 1955.
Zimbardo, Phillip. The Lucifer Efffect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
New York: Random House, Inc., 2007. Print.
Lisa Rickman
Stereotyping often leads to prejudice and bigotry, left unchecked leads to dehumanization which in turn can lead to discrimination, isolation, and violence.
Introduction
I. “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can sometimes kill you.”
II. Today I hope to convince you to change your way of thinking about people that are different from you, to toss aside engrained prejudices and to do your part to ensure a better future for all.
III. I have lived 46 years on this Earth, watching numerous atrocities occur across the globe to innocent people who did nothing more than be born.
IV. Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing a perceived enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. …show more content…
V. Whether you realize it or not, you were introduced to stereotypes at birth.
VI. 1. In the past, stereotyping resulting in dehumanization ended in violence and even genocide. 2. Today stereotyping is building hate groups and promoting discrimination. 3. What does the future hold?
I’ll begin a history lesson.
Body
I. In the past, stereotyping resulting in dehumanization ended in violence and even genocide.
A. "When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have been committed in the name of rebellion." 1. Hitler’s “final solution” ordered the annihilation of approximately six million Jews.
.
2. The use of stereotyped conceptions of Jews as lecherous old men seducing young Aryan women, of dirty Jewish butchers, unscrupulous Jewish lawyers, hard-hearted Jewish landlords, rich Jewish business men and their wives ignoring the poverty around them, all combined to create a hate-filled image of Jews.
B. Lynchings took place most frequently in the Southern United States from 1890 to the 1920s. 1. The Tuskegee Institute recorded 3,446 blacks were lynched from 1882 to 1968.
2. Frequently photographs were taken as trophies of the kills as if they were slain beasts, instead of human beings. C. In the occupation of the New World, Indians were massacred, their women and children raped and murdered or taken as slaves.
1 .In 1955, the Supreme Court stated: "No case in this Court has ever held that taking of Indian title or use by Congress required compensation."
.
2. Indian nations, according to the Supreme Court, have been compensated for their lands by having Christianity and civilization bestowed upon them.
Even now that we have entered the 21st century, dehumanization through stereotypes has not been overcome.
II. Today stereotyping is building hate groups and promoting discrimination.
A. According to the Southern Povery Law Center, “There are currently 1,007 known hate groups operating across the country, including neo-Nazis, Klansman, white nationalists, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, black separatists, border vigilantes and others.” B. According to stopbulling.gov: “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) youth and those perceived as LGBT are at an increased risk of being bullied.” C. One recent political attacks on the definition of rape, shows just how short our stride is in ending stereotyping and discrimination of women.
1. Todd Akins, representative from Missouri, in answer to the question about abortion being allowed for rape victims had this to say: “"If it 's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. “
Can we move passed all of this, is there any hope for equality?
III. What does the future hold? Can we learn to overcome our past and our present by learning how to avoid stereotypes, thereby avoiding dehumanization, discrimination, and violence?
A. We may need to start with baby steps. 1. Introduce yourself to someone new, someone you normally wouldn’t approach.
2.
Stereotype yourself. What typical stereotype do you fall under?
B. Our thought processes need an overhaul.
1. Always see someone through considerate, respectful eyes.
2. Do not for any reason, describe a person using a stereotype, even in your mind.
3. Give them a backstory. Who are they? Where did they come from? What’s their favorite color? C. Try this short exercise:
1. Describe me to someone, without using race, sex, age, or any physical attributes, use only words that describe my character.
2. We must practice promoting equality in all humans, in order to promote a viable future for all. What’s the lesson today?
Conclusion
I. Children learn what they live, but they don’t have to be slaves to those ideals throughout their lives. II. Stereotyping often leads to prejudice and bigotry, left unchecked leads to dehumanization which in turn can lead to discrimination, isolation, and violence.
III. 1. I have shared a small part of stereotyping and dehumanization in our history. 2. I’ve also give you some examples of stereotyping in our present. 3. I have given you tips on how we can have a better future with your
help.
IV. If we wait for the next generation to pick up the mantle, what hope will there be for your children and grandchildren?
V. Everyone in this room has been subjected to stereotyping, discrimination, possibly even violence due to stereotyping, if you haven’t, there’s a very real chance that you will be.
VI. If you cannot find it in yourself to be a part of the solution, at least, don’t be a part of the problem. No one has the right or is entitled to make someone else feel like they are less than human or less than worthy.
WORKS CITED
Gentilviso, Chris. "Todd Akin on Abortion: ‘Legitimate Rape’ Victims Have ‘Ways To Try To Shut That Whole Thing Down’" The Huffinton Post., 19 Aug. 2012. Web. 4 April 2013.
Snow, C.P. The Two Cultures. NewYork. Cambridge University Press. 2012. Print
Southern Poverty Law Center 2013. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.
Stopbullying.gov 2013. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States. No. 43. Supreme Ct. of the US. 7 November 1955.
Zimbardo, Phillip. The Lucifer Efffect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
New York: Random House, Inc., 2007. Print.