BLOG TOPIC - QUESTION 2

Stereotyping is exaggerated generalization associated with a categorizing system; they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. However, it is also something that most people find difficult to avoid from doing. What do you think?

Stereotyping has existed and flowed through our knowledge vessels that lie in our body’s mastermind for centuries. Passed down from generation to generation, it isn’t something that is easily avoided as it has now been implanted in us and occurs with or without our consent.

Stereotyping is defined as categorizing a certain group of people under one specification such as through age, gender, race, occupation, religious beliefs or district of country. Actually, stereotyping can occur any time at any day but it mostly occurs when one is feeling inferior and requires looking down on others to boost his motivation even though it may not be the wisest thing in the world to do. Stereotyping can happen anywhere and everywhere despite being with people whom you have known for years or not. For instance, in a classroom setting, student A may be stereotyping this rowdy bunch of students are wild and care only for their looks and reputation. But, in reality they may be loud but they care about their education just as much as student A.

Stereotyping may be an indecent act occurring between humans on a daily basis but it simple can’t be avoided. This is because, humans tend to have the tendency to cower away from things that worry or terrify them. It is in human nature to run away from those that are foreign and strange in their eyes so when concluding on whom to run from, they state a few characteristics that they are unfamiliar with or dislike and will detect and avoid those who are categorize them and put in a group where they avoid contact with.

In my opinion, stereotyping is a disgusting act that should be depleted from the minds of humans. But, even though everybody knows how vile the action is, people will still fail in preventing themselves from judging other people. So instead of completely deleting it, society should try to adapt themselves to the attitudes and lifestyle of others and decrease the need to label people.