StereotypesAJ315

Assignment: - Copy the info below. Paste it on a wiki page that you create called Stereotypecodeinitials. A. What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? What is the definition?
 * **A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. **

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss **How do you think stereotypes come about?** Stereotypes come about by people who think they know what others do or what others think. The believe that they know what the person does, think, acts already without them actually knowing. **Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust?** We can only create stereotypes by people we fear or distrust if we choose to. **Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them?** Yes, some stereotypes can have truth in them, but for the most part they do not tell the truth and are just assuming. **How does point of view influence the telling of a current or historical event?** The point of view can definitely influence the telling of a current event or historical one because person could take that event a different way than another person does. One might see it in a liberal standpoint and another in a controversial (example). It all depends on our beliefs, culture, religion almost everything> Different cultures influence each other in different ways. They can help each other out or they can have a good and bad influence on others.
 * How does one culture influence another? **

Stories about a culture can tell us that those culture speak, they talk to each other, they are close with each other. Stories are past down from generation to generation in cultures. Overtime those stories may change, but for the most part those cultures (for lack of a better word) are "tight."
 * What can stories tell us about a culture? **

Stereotyping on a cultural standpoint is not something you wanna do. The impact it can have on you and others is hurtful. Stereotyping different cultures could spread lies and rumors about that culture and those could possible not be true. Stereotyping in political terms has the same affect as stereotyping in cultural standpoints. Stereotyping about your own personal experience or others is dangerous. You could lose your respect to others and lose friendships.
 * What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience? **

FYI C. View the info on the links below. Detail both positive and negative representations.
 * Choctaw Nation helped Ireland during 1847 famine
 * How Squanto became a Thanksgiving Symbol
 * Time to do away with the Redskins labels
 * School mascots blamed for escalation of stereotypes
 * Indian Mascot PSA

Our mascot would be a three-leaf clover because it will be green and represent ICS as we are the Irish. The clover will have 3 leaves not 4 and even thought green is not a school color it can still show that we are Irish.
 * D. If we were to develop a mascot for Incarnation Catholic School, what would the mascot be? How would he/she be dressed? How would it present ICS?**

The Alonso High School Mascot is the raven. This represents Alonso because ravens fly high and we are stereotyped as dark, evil birds but they are beautiful on the inside.
 * E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school?**