What is stereotyping? Based on
the dictionary meaning, stereotyping is a fixed idea or image that many people
have of a particular type of
person or thing, but which is often not true in reality. Stereotyping also
means something that doesn't have any fact but people belief to be
true. There are two types of stereotyping; positive stereotyping and negative
stereotyping.
The examples for positive
stereotyping are all blacks are great basketball players, all Asians are
geniuses, and all Canadians are exceptionally polite while the examples for
negative stereotyping are girls are not good in sports, men who like pink are
effeminate, and guys are messy and unclean.
For me, these people believe
should be changed especially the negative stereotypes because this ways of
thinking might create negative impact to the group of people in the future. As
for example, people always belief that fierce faced person is bad but in the
reality, not all people that have fierce face are bad. So, we should avoid from
having stereotyping towards any people maybe because of his or her natural
characteristics.
Besides, people should change
the stereotypes by establishing it through their own attitude. For example,
people belief those girls are not good in sports. So, girls need to stand up
and make proof that they are not as what others think.
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