...search for a person’s own personal identity is an important stage that people go through in their lives. Every human being in the world would go through the stage of searching, then finding their identity at some point in their lives. But this search is often affected by stereotyping because it can affect people’s view of themselves and also their view of other people around them. Because of this writers feel that they need to convey the importance of finding one’s own identity then taking the time to learn and respect other people’s identity. Then also how dangerous it can be if we let stereotyping cloud our judgements on ourselves and those around us. Some example of texts where writers that explore this theme are, the poem “Bred in South Auckland” by Glen Colquhoun, the poem “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt, the short story ‘’On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter and the short story “After you my Dear Alphonse” by Shirley Jackson. These four texts can be separated into two groups. The first group is the way that stereotyping can affect people’s view on their own search for identity in both positive and negative ways. This would be the poems, “Bred in South Auckland “and “Search for my Tongue”. The Second group is the way that stereotyping can affect people’s view on others identity which would be the short stories, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” and “After you my Dear Alphonse”. The idea of stereotyping affecting the search for identity in ourselves is seen in the poem...
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...Everyday people use identity to get a sense of meaning and belonging in their lives. However, by identifying with certain groups come ascribed and avowed identities. The positive outcomes are mutual avowed identities that results in the creation of certain ideologies. The negative outcomes are the stigmas and stereotypes of those ascribed identities. By stereotyping people we somewhat categorize the group as a whole which can end bias views. But if we know that ignoring individualism in a group of people is ignorant, then why do we still do it? I will answer this question by analyzing Kory Floyd and Susan Fiske’s concepts of stereotypes while applying them to the growing co-culture of cannabis users using a High Times magazine article as my...
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...Consequences of Social Categorization and Social Identity Theories Vernon Smith BA426 Managing Cultural Diversity vsmith003@regis.edu Consequences of Social Categorization and Social Identity Theories Introduction In the modern world, workforce diversity has developed to be among the most imperative elements. Many organizations including Apple Inc. and all over the world have employed diversity managers to help develop effective workforce diversification (Podsiadlowski et al., 2013). The increased interest in workforce diversity is not surprising. As organization move to develop organizational structures including teams and groups as well as multinational workforce, effective communication within diversified workforce becomes imperative for smooth functioning of organizations (Podsiadlowski et al., 2013). Diversity is often described in the context of the beneficial aspects of variety in the workforce. However, the definition of diversity still remains unclear. Van Ginkel and Homan (2013) state that the debate on diversity mostly confuses various forms of a variety of workforce. One way to achieve workforce variety is through social categorization, where group membership is determined by mutual characteristics such as race, sex, age, gender, and status. Legal provisions on diversity have continuously emphasized the creation of representative social categorization approach in the workforce of an organization (Podsiadlowski et al., 2013). In this context, the workforce demography...
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...is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? * Discrimination is referred to as an unfair treatment which occurs in a different categories of things or people. Discrimination frequently show an occurrence in a person race, the age of a person, and the sex of a person. Discrimination differs from prejudice because prejudice is an opinion by a person or an organization that is not based on things that actually happen. With prejudice people are going by what they assume. In other words prejudice is a pointless opinion. Stereotyping differs from discrimination because stereotyping is when someone believes something that is based on the opinion of a person or a group of people. * 2. What are the causes of discrimination? * According to extensive research there are many different causes of discrimination. Some of the major causes of discrimination includes Ignorance, fear and stereotyping. Ignorance is the lack of information and or knowledge. Fear is a person emotion that is usually caused by the beliefs of a person. Fear occurs in a dangerous situation that is likely to cause a person hurt or pain. Stereotyping as discuss in question number one is when someone refers to or believes that something is based on the opinion of a person in particular or a group of people within a space or an organization. * 3. How discrimination is faced by one identity group (race, ethnicity, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation...
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...Diversity Identity Paper Kyla Long PSY/450 May 12, 2013 Christine Garwick Foley Diversity Identity Paper Introduction Every person is born with unique attitudes, beliefs and behaviors. These are the attribute that make each individual person different from the next. Within our cultural we are all placed into categories based on our diversities. Some of these placements are done based on looks, economics, social status, gender and maybe even race. A lot of what a person believes about another is based on stereotypes. Stereotyping can be positive or negative. Myself I am an African American female who grew up in an African American culture. My background stems from Indian as well as Caucasian. I chose to identify with the African American side of me. This is because it is really all I knew while growing up. I was not raised within mixed culture until later in my adolescence. Others People close to me would also identify me as being African American because we all share the same attributes. People who do not know me would also see me as being African American. I also run into people that question whether I am “mixed”. This has a lot to do with my outward appearance as far as my hair and eye color being hazel and often changing. Assumptions Based on what others would think of me, would be that I am African American and I fit the stereotype which is often associated with us. I sometimes feel for the most people that people assume that I don’t have as much education...
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...My Study area – make sure it is clearly marked with your name, the course title and the Unit and Assessment number. Please note that this Assessment document has 16 pages and is made up of 5 Parts. Name: Part 1: Understanding equality This section will help you to evidence Learning Outcome 1: Know the meaning of equality |Learning objective |Place in Assessment | |1.1 Define the following terms: |Question 1 Page 1 | |Equality | | |Stereotyping | | |Prejudice | | |Labelling | | |Protected characteristics | | |Equal opportunity | | |Positive action...
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...SP2750 Module 5 Enabling Group Performance Analysis 5.1 Questions Tracey Cade Reflecting on your own cultural identity, discuss a past experience where you were stereotyped in a positive or negative way. Answer the following questions in your response: * Discuss your ranking and rationale based on the results of the questionnaire. * What do you consider as your unique cultural identity? * Have you experienced stereotyping (positive or negative) because of your identity? * How can you strengthen your own level of tolerance for diversity? I based my ranking and rationale by how I view people and how I feel about different about people according to my history with them. I really respect people, if they respect me. Stereotyping is just a way to alienate people by how you feel and what you were told and not what interactions you’ve had with that person, or group. I can’t think of any unique cultural identity, except for my skin color. The fact that I am one of our 46 shades of skin tone. I am considered to be of a mixed race, with predominantly black blood. My race is African American, and we are actually mixed with a mixture of African, European, Indian, and Australian, and more. Yes, I have experienced stereotyping. Just recently at school. My last quarter of the Summer Quarter. My instructor, thought that because of my age, I would be behind in my assignments and not be able to comprehend the course requirements. I am usually the oldest of my...
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...The Reluctant Fundamentalist challenges Muslim stereotypes by exposing the viewer to the negative affects of stereotyping. While The Reluctant Fundamentalist does not directly address other examples of stereotyping, by showing its detrimental affects it encourages the us to imagine others complexly. Stereotyping is the simplification of a person or culture (country, religion) into an idea of what all people who fit under that umbrella are. In the Reluctant Fundamentalist we see how an engaged young man has to question his identity as a Pakistani and American in a post 9/11 United States. We feel Changez’s uncertainty and estrangement when he faces aggression and racism in a place that he called home. The Reluctant Fundamentalist targets a...
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...different. Many people have seen others as different from themselves but feel that they are in the majority of people that are alike. This can be called social discrimination. Stereotypes are prevalent in society. Stereotypes are inevitable and unpreventable. As we accept that we are always under scrutiny in others eyes we begin to examine ourselves. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of stereotyping and discover how they lead to greater social identity. Once they learn their identity they find themselves stereotyping themselves and others. A stereotype is a preconceived, oversimplified, exaggerated, and often demeaning assumption of the characteristics that an individual has due to his or her membership in a specific group. We develop stereotypes when we are unable or unwilling to obtain all of the information we would need to make fair judgments about people or situations. In the absence of the "total picture," stereotypes in many cases allow us to "fill in the blanks." Our society often creates and initiate stereotypes, but these stereotypes often lead to unfair discrimination and persecution when the stereotype is not liked. When people are stereotyped they are judged and treated unfairly. Often when stereotyping happens negative discrimination tends to follow. This may often include isolation and lack of respect given to the stereotyped subject. Short examples of stereotypes would be how we shy away from people with a history of...
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...|resulting from the normal operations of a society | |Political correctness |The avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, | | |or insult certain groups of people. | Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping because, when somebody is discriminating they are refusing equal rights and opportunities to somebody because, they are prejudice. If somebody is prejudice they would have negative feelings towards somebody or a group of people before knowing them. Which is basically the same principal as stereotyping; stereotyping is somebody judging people without knowing anything about them. These are slight differences in each, but if you get them mixed up you may make the mistake of accusing somebody of something that they aren’t actually doing. In my opinion discrimination is much worse than being prejudice or stereotyping. However, I think all three are...
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...In times gone by the appellation stereotype was the prejudicial notations used to define members of a social or ethnic group. However in today’s social order the term stereotype has transposed into something based less on ethnicity and race, but more towards face values, in other words an individual’s personal image or identity. Stereotypes allow human beings to typecast an incalculable amount of people into categories almost as if defining the world in order to see it. Stereotypes save society the trouble of unmasking what the world is truly like by giving it its familiarized look. On the subject of stereotypes there was a situation in the Delta Zeta sorority at DePauw University that raised some questions on the matter. It was scrutinized to see if stereotyping might have played a role when 23...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Discrimination Denying someone or some people of their rights due to prejudice of their group or ethnic background Institutional discrimination When business deny someone or some people of their rights because of prejudice or ethnic background Political correctness Refraining from language or actions that offend certain groups Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Stereotypes are exaggerated labels that are put on certain people of a group without considering the individuals themselves. Prejudice is similar to stereotyping due to it being directed at a group. However, it goes so far as to be the negative attitude towards those groups based on race or religion. Discrimination is actually denying the rights of those individuals based on their ethnic background or race. Where stereotyping and prejudice are only frowned upon, discrimination is illegal and punishable by law. If you or your business is caught discriminating then you can be looking at jail time. Stereotyping and prejudice are beliefs. Discrimination is taking those thoughts and beliefs and creating actions against those people due to their color, age or ethnic background. For example, Hitler discriminated against the Jews because he took their rights away. For a long time America discriminated...
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... MGMT 645 Organizational Development & Culture Dr. Laughron January 12, 2014 Apply your knowledge of stereotyping and social identity theory to explain what went wrong here. On first glance this case may appear as if Mr.Gilman has stereotyped Mr.Beauport. However, there does not appear any evidence of stereotyping throughout the case such as having a history of making racial slurs towards any ethnic group. Mr. Gilman’s decision in offering Ms. Beauport the marketing research coordinator’s position does not appear to contain malicious intentions behind it. On the contrary, he seems to be sincere in offering the position for future advancements within the company. Personal experience may have made Ms. Beauport jump to the conclusion that her employer would not accordingly promote her due to the color of her skin and gender. Society’s definition of racial and gender stereotyping is typically towards minorities, such as Latinos or African Americans, or females. This case does not easily follow the “typical” image of racial stereotyping. Some may argue that Ms. Beauport is stereotyping Mr. Gilman as a sexists and racists Caucasian man. Our textbook describes social identity is a way in which people define themselves by the groups to which they belong or have an emotional attachment (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013). It focuses on the different ways people develop a sense of belonging to a group, such as through gender, age, ethnicity, and minority status in a group...
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...Within and across different psychology disciplines, there are different concepts and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition. Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also harbor unique aspects that may complement or contradict the others.” Source: (1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype Prejudice Definition: (2)”is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, nationality or other personal characteristics. It can also refer to unfounded beliefs and may include "any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence." Gordon All port defined prejudice as a "feeling, favorable or unfavorable, toward a person or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual experience." Source: (2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype Labeling theory Definition: (3) “Labeling theory holds that deviance is not inherent to an act, but instead focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms. [2] The theory is concerned with how the self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the terms used to describe or classify them. It is associated with the concepts of self-fulfilling prophecy and stereotyping.” Source: (3)...
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...individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of a society. Political correctness Can be an insult, accusation, joke, or the name of an effort to change a society by means of wide-ranging but often small-scale cultural reform. Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping are all similar but they differ in many ways. Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights because of prejudice or other reasons. Prejudice is negative attitude about an entire group. Stereotyping is where someone makes an assumption about a person or group by the way they look. People’s individualities are not taken into consideration when it comes to prejudice. Stereotypes are not always a negative attitude toward a person or group. However discrimination and prejudice are always negative attitudes toward a certain person or group. Another difference is that discrimination and prejudice result in rejection toward a certain person or group of people. Stereotypes usually do not always result in rejecting anyone form anything. Stereotypes can be either negative or positive. The last difference is that discrimination deprives a group from certain rights or opportunities. One place where I see discrimination is in certain work places. • What are the causes of discrimination? There are many causes for discrimination; however...
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