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    Stereotypes are evident throughout all forms of media. Television shows and movies in particular use stereotypes to eliminate the details of a character‚ this allows the audience to know them without needing to spend vast amounts of time developing the character. However‚ stereotypes often create characters that poke fun or marginalize the group the stereotype represents. Since media stereotypes are used so often‚ the same stereotype being repeated over and over again‚ they become the only way an

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    Crash is a movie about racial stereotypes that people believe in‚ and how they let them influence the way they see people. The stereotypes lead the characters to have prejudices about certain people in the movie. Every race is guilty of having prejudiced beliefs about some other race in the movie‚ and all the characters of al different races are somehow interconnected with each other. The point of the film is to show that people shouldn’t believe ever stereotype they are told‚ and consider the possibility

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    emphasize the differences. Single stories are stories about people’s personalities and lives and can be influenced by stereotypes. The problem with stereotypes is not that they aren’t true‚ but that they are partial and fragmentary. Stereotypes only focus on certain things about a large group of people and lumps that group together and characterizes them by those things. These stereotypes and single stories can be about the way a person looks‚ or acts‚ or even where someone is from. My single story is

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    I personally do not think there are many positive aspects of stereotypes. You cannot form judgments about everyone in a group based on one person. Just because one has tattoos‚ it doesn’t mean that they are tough‚ scary‚ or delinquent. Ones choice to have tattoos is their creative way of expressing themselves. Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet 2 Negative Aspects of Stereotypes Stereotypes have several negative aspects. When people are put into these groups‚ people judge them before getting

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    All blondes are girly and unintelligent Stereotypes are used in society to differentiate the diversity within the world. Stereotypes can include skin color‚ outfits‚ attitudes and even the color of natural hair. The blonde stereotype is one stereotype everyone is familiar with. This stereotype is seen all over the world in memes‚ pictures‚ books‚ and even television. This stereotype believes that every blonde is mean‚ spoiled‚ attracts men‚ dresses inconsiderately or stylish‚ unintelligent‚ goes

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    If everyone in the world got along then there wouldn’t be no drama or hating whatsoever and quite frankly that seems like boring world to live in. That’s why there needs to be hate in the world to keep things live and not dull like a utopia. Stereotypes and misconceptions fit the mold of making the world a funner and hateful place. These two terms are based upon making assumptions of certain types of people‚ religion and races‚ basically anything that makes a person different than another. These

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    Initially‚ media such as the internet‚ radio‚ social media and magazines always tends to stereotype race‚ religion‚ gender‚ and many more. The television show that I chose to list all of these stereotypes is South Park‚ it usually plays on comedy central from 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. South Park tends to stereotype mostly race‚ religion‚ and gender. Moreover‚ South Park is a comedy based show that involves four little nine year old boys that lives in a very small‚ foolish town called South Park. Their

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    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. First‚ to illustrate how “progress” became in ingrained

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    Stereotypes in Children ’s Television: "The Proud Family" "The Proud Family" is a children ’s program that runs daily on The Disney Channel and on Saturday mornings on ABC Kids. It is a TV-G rated program. The show is about an African-American family with the last name Proud. There is a mom‚ dad‚ three kids‚ and a grandmother. The main character of the show is the oldest daughter named Penny Proud who is probably in junior high. Also‚ some of Penny ’s friends are in the show. All of the characters

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    There is always someone in each race or group that can be unintelligent‚ lazy‚ or a criminal. Society sometimes sticks to old stereotypes on some or most races. “On this view‚ Stereotypes contain information about social groups‚ including typical and striking group properties‚ as well as facts about what group members “ought” to be like” (Beeghly‚ 677). Although not all stereotypes may be true‚ that does not mean that none of them are wrong. There are some lazy people in every group.

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