Prejudice and Discrimination Issues

Answer each question in 100 to 150 words related to those stereotypes:

• What are the positive aspects of the stereotypes, if any?

Some aspects of stereotyping can be positive stereotyping such as saying all Jewish people are rich. As I think about stereotyping on the large scale though, I do not believe that It is positive even when it is saying something positive about a group of people. The reason I do not believe it is positive is because it is putting a label on all people even when the label may not be correct. I think that putting people in to groups is wrong or saying the person is going to be a certain way just because they dress, look, or talk a certain way. Putting stereotypes of people is oppressing our country.

• What are the negative aspects of stereotypes?

There are a lot of negative aspects about stereotyping. Some of the reasons I believe that stereotyping is negative are it oppresses out nation, assuming that a person is going to be a bad person just because they look a certain way, and because some people don’t even get a chance because of stereotyping. I believe that no one should have a label put on them with out them deserving that label. I believe one of the worst aspects of stereotyping is that police officers can choose to question a person based off of stereotyping, it is wrong and I do not agree with that at all. We are all individuals and until we prove our self to be a certain was then we should not be categorized.

Answer each question in 150 to 250 words related to those stereotypes:

• What is the difference between stereotyping and prejudice? Use examples to illustrate the differences.

There are many differences between stereotyping and prejudice. Stereotyping is assuming an individual or group of people are a certain way solely based on their ethnic background, religious back ground, the way they dress or look, or based on their sexual orientation. Prejudice is having a negative feeling towards...