The Harmful Effects of Stereotyping
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The Harmful Effects of Stereotyping
PHI 103
July 10, 2012
Stereotyping is having a certain perception about people who are different because of race, religion, cultural beliefs, personal characteristics, preferences, or life circumstances. It causes harm to everyone. A study led by Professor Michael Inzlicht showed that “prejudice and stereotyping have lingering effects” ( Kemick, A., 2010).
Stereotyping causes us to label or prejudge someone before actually meeting or getting to know them. It comes from fear and ignorance. All of us have encountered it at one point in our lives. Whether it comes from being labeled worthless and lazy because we are overweight, or perverted, mentally ill, or destined to die from aids because we are gay. The list goes on and on. Unfortunately the more we try to convince the racist or bigot their beliefs are wrong, not matter what logic we try to use to convince them, the more they defend them ( Ditto, P. Ph.D.,).
The first stereotype I have encountered in my life I heard from my mother’s father, who was a terrible racist. He was someone who I always tried to avoid because of his negative comments about people because of their race. He would always say that black people were lazy bums that lived on welfare all their lives. They were murders, thieves, and trouble makers. The argument that I would use for this is the fallacy of hasty generalization. “The fallacy of hasty generalization is committed when one has inadequate support for the conclusion, but one still jumps to a conclusion” (Mosser, K,. 2011, Sect. 4.2). The generalization is that all black people are lazy and live on welfare. They are all thieves, murders, and trouble makers. Not all black people are lazy and live on welfare. They are not all thieves, murders, and trouble makers.
There are many black people who have made history. People like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, President Obama, and many others that have made a huge contribution to...
PHI 103
July 10, 2012
Stereotyping is having a certain perception about people who are different because of race, religion, cultural beliefs, personal characteristics, preferences, or life circumstances. It causes harm to everyone. A study led by Professor Michael Inzlicht showed that “prejudice and stereotyping have lingering effects” ( Kemick, A., 2010).
Stereotyping causes us to label or prejudge someone before actually meeting or getting to know them. It comes from fear and ignorance. All of us have encountered it at one point in our lives. Whether it comes from being labeled worthless and lazy because we are overweight, or perverted, mentally ill, or destined to die from aids because we are gay. The list goes on and on. Unfortunately the more we try to convince the racist or bigot their beliefs are wrong, not matter what logic we try to use to convince them, the more they defend them ( Ditto, P. Ph.D.,).
The first stereotype I have encountered in my life I heard from my mother’s father, who was a terrible racist. He was someone who I always tried to avoid because of his negative comments about people because of their race. He would always say that black people were lazy bums that lived on welfare all their lives. They were murders, thieves, and trouble makers. The argument that I would use for this is the fallacy of hasty generalization. “The fallacy of hasty generalization is committed when one has inadequate support for the conclusion, but one still jumps to a conclusion” (Mosser, K,. 2011, Sect. 4.2). The generalization is that all black people are lazy and live on welfare. They are all thieves, murders, and trouble makers. Not all black people are lazy and live on welfare. They are not all thieves, murders, and trouble makers.
There are many black people who have made history. People like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, President Obama, and many others that have made a huge contribution to...