i'd like to say that we all make stereotypes whether you think you do or not. it really is natural. i live in chapel hill, NC. this is going to border on racism more than stereotyping... sorry. anyway. at my highschool, kids are alwyas living up to stereotypes and it's horrible. i mean, if you even suggest a stereotypical comment you'll get called out, even thoguh it's blatently true. now for the racism side. you hear all this rap music calling everyone "niggas" and shooting like 9 people per song. and now in the highschool apparently, it's okay for black kids to call the white kids "cracker" or "niggah." i mean, it's so horrible. if a white person said anythingeven remotly racist they'd get thier ass kicked. i just hate how much power people think they have. arghh it's so frustrating, i'm afraid i'll just snap one day and punch some black kid in the nose when he calls me whitie or cracker, and then get charged for hate crimes. ughh.... blah! keith sweezy
NCguitarhippie: I understand exactly what you are talking about. Though I disagree with stereotyping, I do see myself and others doing it often. I live in a predominatly hispanic neighborhood. I am the minority in my neighborhood. I crack jokes about being the only person for 5 blocks without a bigscreen tv but that I am the only person that has central AC. At one point I had 3 broken down vehicles on my driveway and would say I'm starting to fit in. Honestly though, I think stereotyping isn't as bad as it used to be, simply because a lot of people put themselves in that "catagory".
... i'm sorry. i was just trying to point out what was going on at my school. and i wasn't trying to attack anyone saying they were wrong to say they don't stereotype. i just believe that it's a part of human nature to decide whether or not you'll get along with that person when you first see them. (someone else said that earlier). sorry to pull in negative vibes. i really do disagree with stereotyping and racism... it's just unavoidable. especially when so many people around me live up to the stereotypes. sorry, keith sweezy
i only siad the whole punching thing becuase that's how bad it is. it's everywhere. people are always throwing racist comments at me... what am i supposed to do!? take it? that's never going to change anything. i really am a pacifist and would never hit the kid but ARGH.
I think the funniest sterotype they have about Texas is that everybody over here is a has a horse with their boots and a ranch...when i came from Mexixo that's actually what i expected...but now i think is funny because is the total apposite..well atleast in the cities...
Stereotyping is like comfort food. We know what it tastes like and we like the effects that it produces on us. With stereotyping there is a place for everything and everything in its place. By the time I became aware of my environment, I had already seen a number of intermarriages (Catholics and Jews, Protestants and Catholics, Caucasians and non-Caucasians). GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER seemed far-fetched to some. Now it seems outdated... to some I'm certainly guilty of stereotyping. I'm not thrilled about being at the receiving end of it. But at least it lets me know that people look at me!
I'm wary of most people with southern accents, cause I'm afraid they'll bludgen me to death or somethin cause of my long hair.
its just the way we are brought up and how to describe people. you can't go pass it, its just life. just dont be a jerk about stereotypes because then you are one yourself, its people's opinion of others and well, there you go.. i dunno really, just blah for me..
Its really anoying at school because these other kids in my classes and around school think I worship Satan because I have long hair and consider me to be really sadistic ( not that they'd know what that means ). "When the rich wage war, It's the poor who die." Jean - Paul Sartre.
