Maybe all that taping of CSI: NY caused Hill Harper to miss the popular memo de stereotype: Young black men don't read. So devoting 173 pages of words to them probably isn't the smartest idea. Then again, actors aren't exactly known for smarts are they?…
In your discussion this unit, talk about the stereotypes of Appalachia and how these have changed or are changing with the “globalization” of American culture.…
Stereotypes are generalized traits that people assume about a group of people. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird stereotypes are used frequently with how different families act, and also how different races appear to others. In the book stereotypes are important when Harper Lee makes the Ewells portray the stereotype for “white trash”. During the trial for the raping of Mayella Ewell this becomes very clear when she writes, “ No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could free them from congenital defects, various worms, and the diseases indigenous to filthy surroundings.”(Lee 227). Lee made this family the stereotypical “white trash” family because it shows the true…
According to Alex Wainer, the history of American entertainment has displayed derogatory images of African Americans on TV and even Disney animated motion pictures. These negative stereotypes depicted in films included the tom, the coon, the tragic mulatto, the mammy, and the brutal black buck. In the last decade or so two new stereotypes emerged in the African American society, the black radical which developed during the Black Panther era, and the gangsta which could be argued to be the modern black buck. The hit animated television series, The Boondocks reaffirms these stereotypes and the classic tom and tragic mulatto stereotypes but purifies them with the intent to spark a change in the African…
Honey Boo Boo, Duck Dynasty, Moonshiners, Buckwild and plenty other shows are spreading the “gooder-then-grits” life of a redneck. Political, media, religious and a bunch of other public leaders in their political correctness, cannot bring themselves to utter the word "redneck." So…
Back in the 1950’s - 1970’s, there were a lot more stereotypes in the world. In the article by Jessica McBirney, Emmett Till decided to visit his uncle in Chicago. He was dared to flirt with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant, and then she harassed him and threatened to kill him. Then, her husband had abducted him, and abused him and pushed him into the water where he laid there dead. In the novel That was Then, This is Now by S.E. Hinton, a black girl walked in a drugstore, and the white kids were being rude to her.…
Southern identities created in reality television are shaping the work and wellbeing of southerners, as well as their loss concept of self through southern livelihood. In recent years, reality television programs featuring “redneck” culture in particular have witnessed increased popularity. These southern reality television programs present southerners doing everything from frequently proceeding with unacceptable rude and obscene behavior, eating triple fried foods at county fairs, fishing with their bare hands, and making up words not found within the traditional English dictionary. The issue here is that while southern reality television shows may be watched exclusively for their entertainment and popularity attraction, and while they seem…
Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet.…
Throughout history there have been numerous legendary tribes that have shaped the world into what it is today. As time has gone by people have adopted multiple cultures and ideas from the indians. Most tribes had to endure many tough situations. Among these tribes was the Dakota tribe. The Dakota tribe was primarily out of North and South Dakota ("Lakota, Dakota, Nakota - The Great Sioux Nation"). There have been many stereotypes placed on the Dakota Indians, but most of them are inaccurate ("An Introduction to Dakota Culture and History").…
At first sight these two pictures look extremely different, but as one deeply analyzes both of them their similarities are exposed.…
If you are Hispanic, you may have heard comments such as, “Wow, you speak so well… You are not like them… You are really smart… OR You are different and they will really like you.” You might even be asked repeatedly where you are from if your first answer is a city or state in the U.S. The take away messages from these simple statements are clear for many of us. You are not acting like those Hispanics who don’t quite behave like the “norm” – which essentially is referring to White Anglo-American. After experiencing a microaggression, you might wonder, “Were are they giving me a compliment or telling me that people from my culture are less than” or “Were they really curious about where I live or were they telling me that I don’t belong – that…
Stereotyping is seen everywhere from reality television to everyday life. Southerners are given terms that now categorizes them into southern stereotypes, such as: cracker, white trash, redneck and hillbilly. After getting burned on the back on the back of their necks from the sun from working outside all day, poor white southern farmers are given the stereotypical nickname “redneck.” Those in the South work only enough to get by with what is needed and no more. This example of a southern stereotype led to the construction of a new stereotype of southerners becoming known as being “lazy.”…
Today, some may argue that we at the dawn of a new emerging Progressive Era. Most historians cite the Progressive Era as the period between 1890-1920. The United States saw massive industrialization, paradigm changing inventions such as electricity, the telephone, and automobile, but also extensive activism in social change and political reform. Walter Lippmann wrote Public Opinion in the twilight of the Progressive Era. In chapters, eight and nine, Lippmann explores the idea of “progress” in terms of stereotypes and addresses the “blind spot” inherent of all stereotypes. He delves deep into the multifaceted relationship of moral codes with how they relate to stereotypes and the facts.…
Ranchers of America have been misunderstood far too long, which are often seen as unprincipled. A group that is perceived as people that abide by their own rules, and seen as people that harm the environment. Not only are ranchers seen as people that overwater their land or crops; but viewed by the public as men and women that chemically harm their crops with pesticide. There are many misconceptions and stereotypes that people in today's society are labeled with, which are most often confused. Misconceptions happen to be based off false thoughts and opinions, lacking evidence of an accusation. On the other hand stereotypes are based off some proven facts, which lead to accusations to a specific person, thing, or group.…
Southern music has been an important part of the folk custom; in many ways. It is identical with American folk music. Its history is well documented,(Malone, 1979, 1985; Carr, 1979; Wolfe, 1977). Southern music has been ignored until recently it is the sociological examination of the relationships. Between this form of popular cultures, important historically, this gave rise to it and expressed by it. (Fine, 1977:381-384; cf. also Albrecht, 1954).1 Country music is a replication of the southern region 's culture, history and social structure at the macro level and of the hopes, fears, beliefs and attitudes of its people at the micro level. (Gritzner, 1978)…