stereotyping

Connor O'Brien 3

For chapter 3 in Marger, it talks about stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice.  I really liked our class discussion on this topic.  The big part of the conversation was about minorities in certain roles on Television and in movies.  I liked all the examples that were mentioned, especially that much of it was from little kid shows.  It got me thinking and I remember that on the TV show Power Rangers that the yellow power ranger was Asian and the black power ranger was black.  Thats just one example I can think of now.  Stereotypes persists while beliefs change.  This line I saw on the power point and thought it was very true. Stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice will always be around.  I work for my town highway department.  And there are no Asians, African Americans, Hispanics that work there, its all white males except for one female but she works as the secretary. I also find that people are narrowed minded when it comes to stereotypes.  People only look and take notice of those that fit the stereotype of a certain group and ignore those that break the stereotype.