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    Stereotype: “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” A word. A definition. That’s all it is‚ so I don’t understand why people are so focused on criticizing each other based on their stereotype. In my generation‚ sadly‚ stereotypes are a quite popular way to judge someone‚ even before they really know who they’re talking about. Personally‚ I see this as degrading and foolish. Everyone is categorized into their own stereotype whether they like

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    Cross Culture Understanding Stereotypes of Pidie People in Aceh Besar Society By Auwaluddin Nim : 230 616 050 FAKULTAS TARBIYAH INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI AR-RANIRY DARUSSALAM-BANDA ACEH 2013 INTRODUCTION   Praise to Allah SWT because of the mercy and grace Him so that preparation of this paper has been resolved in due course entitled "Stereotype People Pidie" This paper contains about understanding stereotypes and stereotyping causes of those

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    Strickland Professor Boze English 1120 13 February 2012 Lady and the Tramp and Cultural Stereotypes in the 1950’s Cultural Studies is the study of shared patterns of behavior and the evolution of them over a period of time. Cultural studies are important because it plays a huge part in social transformation and informs us on the world’s view of certain topics like race‚ and through race‚ stereotypes are naturally created. The cultural of race has been a huge phenomenon of great importance over

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    | Use of Development of Foil Characters to Disprove Stereotypes | Cindy HerIB Language A: Literature HLClemens26 February 2013Word Count:1‚303 | | Cindy Her Clemens IB Language A: Literature HL 26 February 2013 Use of Development of Foil Characters to Disprove Stereotypes When Arabic men are mentioned‚ they are often labeled with the same characteristics and get classified as men who have no respect for women. They are repeatedly known to be men who do not have any tolerance for women but

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    Korra: Stereotypes Stereotypes are very common in the current state of the world. In The Legend of Korra‚ which is the animated sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender‚ the protagonist is a 17-year-old teenager named Korra. She is the next avatar (The avatar is someone who can control all the elements and is supposed to restore order to the world). During the first season of Legend of Korra many antagonists try to oppose Korra because of the stereotypes made about her. Korra also stereotypes about

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    The immigrant groups that have come to the United States of America have suffered from several stereotypes that White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) had created. Some of the immigrant groups that had the same stereotypes are the Irish‚ Chinese‚ and the Mexicans. WASPs used specific Political Cartoons to stereotype the Irish‚ Chinese‚ and Mexican as inferior races because of how they looked and as violent because of their past. To WASPs‚ they believed that not only God made the hierarchy‚ but that

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    New media during the 1980s included televisions‚ films‚ and cell phones‚ which brought stereotypes to different ethnicities‚ races‚ and other groups. People before the 1980s had different viewpoints before the age of media. In a reference to how blind people are perceived‚ they complement with accessories such as canes and sunglasses. In “Cathedral‚” Raymond Carver suggests a theme of discriminatory lenses through diction‚ allusion‚ and imagery. Carver uses literary language to help perceive the

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    story of the battle between Persians and a group of 300 Spartans. This movie is very stereotypical‚ with stereotypes such as stasis‚ deposition‚ and violence/ignorance. The main stereotype that is seen the most is the stereotype of exoticism‚ this can seen when the King Xerxes is shown. There is many other stereotypes in the movie but exoticism is the most prominent. Exoticism is the stereotype where everything about a place‚ object‚ or person is amplified to be exotic‚ for example an place that

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    A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression") is a generalized perception of first impressions: behaviours Presumed by a group of people judging with the eyes/criticizing ones outer appearance (or a population in general) to be Associated with another specific group Dumb Blonde Stereotype--Myth or Fact The Dumb Blonde Stereotype History First of all‚ let’s take a little look at where this whole "dumb blonde" idea comes from. One theory is that the ancient Greeks and

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    themselves the way they do because of a choice to be unique. As a student in a fairly large high school‚ it was easy to see the different "stereotypes" of people‚ as they tended to hang out together. This past experience shows how the outside world can treat you based upon a certain classification they choose to place you in. There seems to be a few main stereotypes that can be found in a diverse high school. There’s the preppies‚ goths‚ jocks‚ thugs‚ nerds‚ and last but not least‚ the hippies and skaters

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