Day 3: Stereotypes

Stereotypes are seen a lot in the media today. In the news, as well as on shows. There's always an Asian, who is overly smart, good at math, small, bad at driving and has a strong Chinese accent. And African Americans are generally stereotyped as dangerous thugs who live in the ghetto.

In reality, and coming from experience, not all Asians are straight A students. And we don't all have strong accents because in fact, not all Asians are Chinese. And although the driving in certain countries in Asia isn't quite as orderly as in Orleans, that doesn't mean they're all bad at driving. 

Also, Americans are just as capable of committing crime as any African-American.

Another stereotype is the dependency of women upon men, and how men hold all the power. Women are meant to be in the kitchen and men are off to be successful in their work.

I am not quite sure how to combat the usage of stereotypes in media. Once we get rid of one stereotype another will take its place. I think, however, it is very important that people are able to recognize the stereotypes. Children should be taught from the schools what are the stereotypes that exist in society and how one should understand them, so that they, first of all, did not reproduce the existing stereotype, and secondly, did not except everything what they see in movies, press or Internet for the pure truth. I believe that we need to start from elimination of believe in stereotypes within the society. - Lily Gataullina