I think that almost everyone that went to high school was stereotyped at one point or another. I myself was a jock, and I was labeled everything that accompanies that title. I obviously used to hang out with people who also played sports and as a group was labeled as trouble makers, dumb, “simple”, etc. Granted there were some members of the group that may have fit into that category, but for the most part we were nothing like that. I always found it so funny when I’de be in class and people would make comments regarding me or my friends. But that is the way high school is. When that translates in adult life is where we run into problems. The book talks about how damaging stereotypes can be and how no good comes from them. I would agree with that statement, because for the most part, stereotypes are negative. Very rarely is a stereotype a positive thing.
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Jrod,
ReplyDeleteI would agree with the book as well that stereotypes are negative and that they are damaging; no good comes for this type of behavior. I also used a personal experience from high school where my friends and I were known as the "popular" kids. We also were stereotyped and know as unapproachable. When in actuality my groups of friends and I were the complete opposite, but because of the label, people generalized that we were something that we were not. I also think that during this stage of our lives we all face some type of stereotyping. And it is a misconception and leads people to lose out on friendships because they do not make the initiative to find out whom the person really is.