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Stereotypes
Title: Stereotypes
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 487 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Stereotypes
RaStereotyping is a way of thinking about groups of people. It ignores the differences of the group, while emphasizing its similarity. One belief, that is a stereotype, is that red-haired people are hot tempered. Another belief is that Scottish people are stingy. Such thinking ignores many even-tempered redheads and generous Scottish people. Stereotyping emphasizes many differences between groups while ignoring their similarities to other people. It ignores that many blond and brown-haired people also lose …showed first 75 words of 487 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 487 total…entered high school, the stereotyping became prejudice. The hatred felt for him and others from Oklahoma became evident in the game, "Get the Okie", where captured victims were thrown into garbage cans (where they belonged).
My brother, who is over 65 years old, suffers from the prejudice he experienced as a young man, remembering the names of those who tormented him. He never understood the hatred directed at him, just because he came from another state.
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