For your new blog post, answer the following two questions. This time, it would actually be a good idea to do this blog response before you do the readings:
1) Most of us think that it's wrong to stereotype others, yet we do it anyway. Do you think it's possible for people to start stereotyping people less? Explain.
2) We're all accustomed to hearing about people committing horrible acts of violence against others. What kind of mentality or attitude must exist in a person to enable them to behave in this way towards a fellow human being? (note: disregard acts of self-defense and protection of others; those things are not what I'm referring to here)
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1. I think that there are so many prominent stereotypes set already by society that it will be very difficult for people to stop using them. As discriminatory or negative they may be, society can relate to them. No stereotype is just 100% made up and false; stereotypes come to be because some people of a specific culture, race, or religion have fallen into that description. I would agree that not all people fall into their designated stereotype and not all stereotypes are fair or kind, but they exist. I think it's possible for people to use them less, but I don't think they will go away for good.
ReplyDelete2. Violence is something I don't quite understand and probably won't ever. I'm not a violent person at all and I wasn't raised around violent people or in any kind of violent environment. It's hard for me to grasp how or why a human being could be so cruel and hurtful to another human being in any way, let alone physically. I guess it must take a lack of guilt or morals for one. No one who had good morals and a love for mankind could be so violent toward another human. I honestly think the reason people act/react violently has something to do with either how they were raised, the kind of environment they grew up in and learned about, or some kind of mental or emotional problem inside them: growing up in an abusive home could cause someone to become violent, being exposed to violence throughout growing up could make someone think it isn't that big of a deal, having anger issues could cause someone to act violently. I'm not an expert, and I'm very far away from a life of violence or violent people, so I really don't know what could make someone commit horrible acts of violence...
1) Although I think that it would be hard for people to start stereotyping people less, I don’t think that it is impossible. Most people are all right when it comes to stereotyping others. But when it comes to others stereotyping them, they want to have no part of it. Therefore, people must first realize the cruelty of it and that it is wrong, in order to stop it. We should be open to others, their ideas, and their way of living no matter what their background, culture, race, gender, and age are. But, it is also hard not to stereotype people in a society were people have distinct stereotypes of certain groups or types of people people. Changing society’s view of people is only bound to fail if people give up and aren’t willingly to stand up for what it right: equality for all groups and types of people.
ReplyDelete2) A person never wakes up one morning and just decides out-of-the-blue that they are going to murder someone or commit any other kind of violence. There is normally a bigger picture behind it. Many factors lead up to these cruelties. The corruption of society itself can influence and lead up to the mentality of one who is going to commit an act of violence. For example, degrading mankind as being as invaluable as an object is a major cause of violence. When society doesn’t present mankind as being valuable, then people aren’t going to treat other people as being valuable. This is also where stereotyping others come in. If one person or group stereotypes another and sees themselves as being more valuable, then that will influence the way they act, maybe even resulting in violence.
1. I believe that stereotyping others is part of nature in modern days. Our society system is already built with stereotype that it will be extremely difficult to stereotype less. But maybe if we can start charging people each time they stereotype others, it can help to decrease it. For example,America is known for freedom of speach. Thus, what we think and what we say is free. But if we start somehow scientifically charge people each time they stereotype, it is possible to decrease.^^ Which means it is impossible to lessen stereotype.
ReplyDelete1.) I definitely think it's possibly for people to not be so stereotypical. I think the more educated you are, the less you are to quickly judge someone. Especially in America, where we have diverse cultures and race, we are faced with different people all the time and it's crutial to not be so closed minded. I think if you spend more time educating yourself about other cultures and their values, majority of your stereotypes will slip away. Although t do not believe it will go away all together, I do believe it can decrease with knowledge.
ReplyDelete2.)I think violence is a learned behavior. For someone to act out violently, they probably have had a tramatic experience like experiencing or witnessing it themself. Constantly seeing violence either from their home, video games, to even television, can lead people to think that being aggressive is normal.
1) Ofcourse, it's possible for people to stop stereotypiong other people; all a person would have to do everytime they are about to think those negative thoughts is to think of what that perosn might be thinking about you and ask yourself if you would like that or not. So, basically I'm saying put yourself in the next persons shoes and feel what you burden others with.
ReplyDelete2)An act of violence against other human beings can happen to anyone, sometimes it's a act of abnormal behavior, insanity, or sometimes people have thoughts and actually act them out with or without the realism of their cruel intentions. So in these two cases the mentality of a person can be perfectly fine or abnormal. But the attitude of the person doing so will mostly always be negative if they're sane and positive if they're insane.
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ReplyDelete1. Although I think stereotypes are actively in use, I believe that there's a solution to dampening down the malignancy of stereotypical views. I find that the less educated you are the more a person is bound to judge someone based off of what they have heard about or seen off of the media or experienced living in their microcosm. The epitome of humanity is solely judged off of differences in cultural lifestyles and therefore leads to utmost prejudged biases against different races.
ReplyDeleteLiving in America however, proves to be a challenge because of how many various cultures and races we face in everyday life especially through school, work, and business associations. These interacting gestures force to provide, us Americans, with a higher education and exposure to diversity. Though stereotypes are well and alive in our society, I think that the more education gained, the more, we the people, can inflict a crusade of colossal repercussions upon the life of thriving stereotypes. I believe the more educated one is towards others' ethnic groups, the more knowledge one inherits the ability to be more open minded and welcoming towards different ideas and ethnic values and annihilating stereotypical use in the macrocosm of humanity.
2. I think violence is a behavior that is accumulated from a person's lifespan and the way in which they were raised. To commit a major crime, such as murder for example, is not just a once in a lifetime event that was caused by one minor event or situation, but instead, conjuring up an act of violence takes not just days, but years in the making to build up to that type of mindset. Criminal minds all start from many factors including their family's behavior, the way they were treated throughout their life, and little things that construct their mentality on life that must have traumatized them enough and filled them with so much hate and resentment towards the world, that they would have enough time to inflict that type of pain upon others. This type of mindset is usually gained and/or exposed from the media and maybe even at home itself. When the person no longer feels at value to society, they decide to recontribute their feelings of pain towards society in a hostile and aggressive manner, which they find acceptable just because they feel that way and are selfish in perceiving only what they feel as valid instead of looking at the bigger picture.
1) I think it's kind of hard for people to stop stereotyping. I think no matter what you try to do, your brain will automatically think of stereotypes as you come across certain situations. It's almost uncontrollable, even i you don't state it aloud.
ReplyDelete2) Many factors can contribute to a person who behaves in this way. It's not just one thing that makes them act this way. It could be several things such as pessimistic views, past personal experiences, the family they came from, how they were raised or not raised, what they see is right from wrong. Some people don't have a conscious and some people don't know what is wrong simply because of that.
Stereotypes are all made all around the world.Everyone does it without even noticing, its only when someone stereotypes us that we tend to notice. We live in a society where stereotyping is very common, and to try and stop it? I can honestly say is not going to happen. People are so closed minded and are used to what they hear and makes it very hard to just cange. Yes, i do believe some people can use I less, all they have to do is be more open and accepting to other cultures, race, and gender. I find it very funny that each race is stereotyped into a certain thing. We figure since one peson from the culture is one way then every other person within that race or culture is the same.We refuse to realize that not everyone is the same. For example, I am an arab from plaestine and the first thing people throw at me is calling me a terrorist, when I'm clearly an American citizen just like everyone else. I'm not going to sit here and say I'm not guilty of it because I tend to do it alot. Most of the time its jokes, or most of the time I am convinced that certain people are a cetain way and I need to be proven wrong. I always sit there and say "you never know that person might think differently than the others in the same race." For most of the time stereotypes are true and the more people fit in to the stereotype the more people will continue to do it.
ReplyDeleteViolence is a very hurtful and sad problem that many people experience throughout their lives. I know MANY people who deal with violence everyday of thier lives. Violence is simply caused by one thing. Anger. caused by hate. This can fall into many different categories. Some may say no, violence happens for many other reasons, but if you sit there and trace back does reasons to why it happened you'd realize that the person committing the violence has rage within him/her. For example children who are bullies push other kids around, either because the are insecure of themselves or they recieve the same treatment from thier parents which causes the to have rage built up inside. Abuse during childhood causes many people to grow up to become violent. People go through so many things in their lives like losig family members or someone they love, to not receiving love from their parents, to just a simple bad experience. Most people who get abused by their parents sit their and say " I will never become like them" when really without noticing they are treating their loved ones just like they were from all the rage and hate within them and it will continue down to their children, to their childrens children.People who do not know how to express their emotions through words or are not given the chance to will let it out through violence. I believe every insane or violent person has a reason behind their actions, and all they deeply want is someone to actually feel what they feel for once. People with violence issues or anger issues will never change. They become stubborn and are always defending their self-esteem to make sure they win. Even if you break a person down, that persons habits wil come back, maybe it will be less but it'll always be there. Unless, they have the power to forget whatever happened in their past, or to just simply forgive whoever caused that anger and let go of the grudge then maybe the violence will go away.
1) In my opinion, I think stereotyping is something that surrounds our society constantly and it would be pretty hard for people to stop doing it. In a psychology class, I learned about ethnocentrism, which is the belief that one's ethnic or cultural group is "normal", and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own. People like to judge others that are not like themselves. And this may hurt a lot of people. Like when you make a rude statement about a person because of just how they look it can really scar them. But although people realize this, I still think it wouldn't stop anyone from stereotyping.
ReplyDelete2) There are tons and tons of murder cases everyday. Although I have become so used to hearing about them, I still remember how horrible it may be for the innocent person being attacked. I think for someone to be able to hurt someone like that, they must have grown up in a household where acts of violence were performed. For example, a father hitting a mother. When we are young, we are like a big sponge that absorbs information. If we aren't taught otherwise, we will do what we see. The mentality or attitude that these violent people might have is that it is okay to do these things because they might think that they have nothing else left better to look forward to in their future. And violence is the only way to get money, items, etc. Also, I think the most quiet people are the most dangerous because you never know what they are thinking! Since I have never personally experienced violence my heart goes out to everyone who has. And violent people need help because it leads them nowhere except for prison.
1. I think it would almost impossible for people to stop stereotyping because everyone has become accustomed to doing it that would be difficult to reverse.
ReplyDelete2. I think that people who commit crimes are completely oblivious to the norms of society and really don't have a sense of right and wrong. They also must have a thirst for violence and find enjoyment in the despair of others.
1. I think the chance of people not stereotyping will not be so high. Even though we might want people to stop or do less of it, I think it will continue at the rate it is going now.
ReplyDelete2. I think that people who commit crime are people who didnt grow up in a normal function family. Probably they were abused or exposed to violence when they were young, or some could have mental conditions that cause them to be violent
I believe its possible that people could stereotype less but the change needs to start with in us. We are always stereotyping others because its so easy to do and sometimes we don't even realize it. I believe the place to stop those stereotypes is at home with young children. Younger kids hear mom or dad stereotyping people so that might stick with them or if they watch too much t.v. kids would repeat what they see or hear in the media and a way to stop that is by telling them that stereotypes are wrong. Younger generations are the future so it would be a good start to teach them not to do it.
ReplyDeleteI think people who harm other fellow human being for no reason are insane and its really sad to think that sometimes those horrible crimes are commited by people that could be so close to us. I believe what makes them act violent with others is hate. People with hate are angry because they are not happy with their own lives, they might have experience violence when they were little and are just angry at happy people.
Many times that is the truth behind criminals who kill,they had a rough child hood and they are acting out what they saw at home. Many times people just are not mentally well and they commit crimes without even realizing it.