Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Stereotypes
In chapter 15, we talked about Stereotyping and what stereotyping is, are widely held beliefs that people have certain characteristics because of their membership in a particular group. And in America I think a current issue of this is with Middle Easterners. I recently did a debate in my politics class on the whether racial profiling of middle easterners is ever justified. I do not believe that it is and it is unconstitutional. But, this doesn't mean because it is unconstitutional that it will ever stop. It is something that will always be there. Just like racism and profiling will always be there in every country. It is just a way that people think and ethnic stereotyping is wrong but it is just how the human mind thinks of someone.
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I agree with you that one of the current issues of stereotyping today occurs as a result of the War. Because of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the War being based around terrorism, many harbor negative attitudes towards Middle Eastern people. I feel that this is the major reason why there was and still is much controversy about the establishment of an Islamic mosque near the Ground Zero site. I feel that stereotyping is a harsh reality. However, I feel that education can help to eliminate it. Though there will always be hateful people in the world, I feel that the key is to educate the youth about acceptance rather than harboring stereotypes and hatred as they will be the minds of the future. I feel that whenever something bad happens, people feel they need someone to blame. Though the terrorist attackers may have been Middle Eastern we need to learn to distinguish between terrorists and Middle Easterners. They are NOT one in the same.
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