Since the society is being guided by merely the facts of what they see in the media, one is not learning about another culture/race. And because of the media, many stereotypes can occur resulting in one possibly becoming prejudice. The effects that stereotypes have on how minorities are perceived, and how they are treated by others can be negative. Although there are positive stereotypes, there were many negative stereotypes within the poem. In the poem is states, " The doctor, the homeless bum". In the image above one of the comments about this particular quote that stood out to me was, that some people will think that Indians will either succeed gratefully in life with high paying jobs or fall in life completely. I feel that with stereotypes like the one mentioned can have a negative effect on how the minorities are perceived, as people can either think that a specific group of people are always meant to succeed and if they don't they are like a disgrace to that culture. This leads me to my next point on the effects of how the minorities are treated by others due to
Since the society is being guided by merely the facts of what they see in the media, one is not learning about another culture/race. And because of the media, many stereotypes can occur resulting in one possibly becoming prejudice. The effects that stereotypes have on how minorities are perceived, and how they are treated by others can be negative. Although there are positive stereotypes, there were many negative stereotypes within the poem. In the poem is states, " The doctor, the homeless bum". In the image above one of the comments about this particular quote that stood out to me was, that some people will think that Indians will either succeed gratefully in life with high paying jobs or fall in life completely. I feel that with stereotypes like the one mentioned can have a negative effect on how the minorities are perceived, as people can either think that a specific group of people are always meant to succeed and if they don't they are like a disgrace to that culture. This leads me to my next point on the effects of how the minorities are treated by others due to