Noun:
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes".
Verb:
View or represent as a stereotype: "the film is weakened by its stereotyped characters".
rac·ism/ˈrāˌsizəm/
Noun:
The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as...
Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.
Do you generally find stereotypes to be true? I posted the definition because I know many think that stereotypes and racism are one and the same. Racism is more hate fueled while stereotypes are generalizations.
Before everyone gets up in arms about generalizations--it is not inclusive of an entire group of people. There are exceptions to every rule.
gen·er·al·i·za·tion/ˌjenərəliˈzāSHən/
Noun:
A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases.
The action of generalizing: "such anecdotes cannot be a basis for generalization".
So what stereotypes do you find to be true? I'll start:
Puerto Ricans love to party
Asians love to take pictures--of *everything*
Mexicans live in houses with many families all under one roof
White people can't dance
Black mothers are less likely to take the slightest bit of shit from their kids
Remember, stereotypes aren't always negative things. There are many many positive and negative things about each and every group of people.
Quoting Thewife06:I have to say the sterotype of 'Black people love fried chicken & watermelon" one really stands true here. We are stationed in Belgium, and seeing a black person anywhere is a rarity. We heard about a KFC that went in a little over an hour away. We made that drive (After not havign KFC for 3 years, it sounded heavenly) and as soon as we walked in, it took every bit of strength we had to not bust up laughing.
KFC was FULL of black people, and I kid you not, one of the families had brought in a big ol watermelon and had the kitchen cut it up for them. I got to talking to some of the families there because I figured maybe the area had a higher black population, but no. They had driven for over 2 hours to have some KFC. The only thing missing was kool-aid, but then again, I've NEVER seen it in stores here....
Quoting Anonymous:so here's one...that's kinda bad..but i do notice it a lot...when you hear of a murder you can usually tell if a black person or white person did it...if it was some psycho murder went all crazy and shit, it was probably a white person, and if it was just a shooting or something kinda simple i guess, then it was probably a black man...i mean either way its bad, its just something i notice, wasn't sure if anyone else has or not .
Quoting TrouserMouse:
You must not have a Church's or even a Popeye's close by because KFC is definitely white folks' chicken.
Quoting Thewife06:I have to say the sterotype of 'Black people love fried chicken & watermelon" one really stands true here. We are stationed in Belgium, and seeing a black person anywhere is a rarity. We heard about a KFC that went in a little over an hour away. We made that drive (After not havign KFC for 3 years, it sounded heavenly) and as soon as we walked in, it took every bit of strength we had to not bust up laughing.
KFC was FULL of black people, and I kid you not, one of the families had brought in a big ol watermelon and had the kitchen cut it up for them. I got to talking to some of the families there because I figured maybe the area had a higher black population, but no. They had driven for over 2 hours to have some KFC. The only thing missing was kool-aid, but then again, I've NEVER seen it in stores here....
yeah they are..i mean look at all the psycho killer stories...alllll white lol
Quoting epoh:
White people are fucking crazy, it's true!
Quoting Anonymous:so here's one...that's kinda bad..but i do notice it a lot...when you hear of a murder you can usually tell if a black person or white person did it...if it was some psycho murder went all crazy and shit, it was probably a white person, and if it was just a shooting or something kinda simple i guess, then it was probably a black man...i mean either way its bad, its just something i notice, wasn't sure if anyone else has or not .
Quoting TrouserMouse:
White Baptist old women sound like they are trying to sound like warbling birds when they sing in Church.
Quoting epoh:
Black people usually don't like dogs either.
Quoting sparklebug86:I find that people from India dont like dogs, big or small. I dont know if that holds true for people of the same nationality who were raised in the states
Quoting GillyMonster87:LOL I can't dance either. But I love to shake what my momma gave me! I also can not jump.. well I mean I can.. but ya know that saying "white people can't jump" nope sure can't.
And I live in Japan and can tell you they are FREAKS!! There is a 'love' hotel near where we live and they have all different sorts of sex fetish rooms you can choose from.. one has a water slide! hahaha
Also Asians are bad drivers... I can attest to the ones here.. they are the WORST!
Quoting TrouserMouse:
I can't dance and I love mayo.
White people are in to "extreme" sports/activities. The like jumping from high places.
Mexicans work hard.
Japanese and German people rank high in nasty sex fetishes that involve puke and shit...lol. That is what the internet indicates anyway.
Asians have more knowledge of electronics.
Being a SAHM for the past 5 yrs has made me
At what age did you start drinking alcohol?
- epoh
on Jul. 30, 2012 at 7:14 AM