Stereotypes+MT


 * Assignment**: - Copy the information below. Paste it on a wiki page that you create called **Stereotype //initials//.**

A. What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? Come up with a definition.
 * A main perception about a race, clique, or even religion that may or may not be true.**

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss
 * 1) Are stereotypes new? **No because even when people were first coming to America, each side (Native Americans and the Americans) believed that the other savages or killers without getting to know each person.**
 * 2) How do you think stereotypes come about? **Stereotypes probably came about by** **a person witnessing or hearing a rumor about another human which expands to the entirety of the people.**
 * 3) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust? **Not only that. We can create stereotypes of people we dislike or people we think are different from the rest of us.**
 * 4) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? **I believe it depends on the individual person.**

C. View the information on the links below. Detail both positive and negative representations.
 * The Ransom of Red Chief
 * How Squanto became a Thanksgiving Symbol
 * Time to do away with the Redskins labels
 * School mascots blamed for escalation of stereotypes
 * Indian Mascot PSA

Positive: While it could be viewed as a way to mock the Native Americans, I see it as a way to explain that the Native Americans were fierce and of course, everyone has to know the history of the Native Americans. If you know it, then why are you influenced by mascots that might or might not say that the Indians were not smart and they had strange rituals regarding the spirit? They helped the pilgrims and knew how to help them. Also, people are naturally accustomed to thinking that different races look the same(a quote from the article about the escalation of stereotypes inspired this). I know that I do the same thing even though it's wrong and now I can see the different characteristics that set different families apart. I'm Indian and even I think that we look the same, so it's not as though we don't understand it. The mascots are meant to be seen as a way to honor the Indians not belittle them.

​ Negative: Like I said before, the mascots could be seen as a taunt to the Indians in the sense that they are seen as a way to show that they were violent and had no regards as to the consequences of their actions if you take in their weapons and sacred head dress. The stereotype that all people from most races look the same are wrong (wide bridge on noses for Native Americans) and it might be portrayed through the mascots if you take the caricature of the mascots as something to always follow by (don't).

D. If we were to develop a mascot for Incarnation Catholic School, what would the mascot be? How would he/she be dressed?
 * The mascot for our school would be a cross with a clover or vine surrounding it (if you look up cross on flowers on Google Images- that's a pretty accurate representation)**
 * The mascot would have to be a silver or golden cross holding the vine up.**

E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school? Note - Yes, you have to be brave but you are fully capable of being successful in an I.B. high school.
 * The mascot of the school I want to go to next year is a knight. This represents the school pretty well since it is an I.B. school and those are really hard to get into and you need to be very prepared (and brave) to get through the four years.**