StereotypesRJ

StereotypesRJ

A. **What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? What is the definition?** The term stereotype is a blanketed picture of a certain group.

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss
 * 1) **How do you think stereotypes come about?** I think that stereotypes came about when people looked at a small number of a group of people and thought that all those people from that same groups behavior in certain ways.
 * 2) **Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust?** We use stereotypes on everyone we fear, nowadays every group of people has their own stereotype.
 * 3) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? An example of this would be that all pitbulls are dangerous. We use this stereotype because we don't know everything about them.
 * 4) **How does point of view influence the telling of a current or historical event?** The point of view influences people because one person can take something one way while another can take the story from another view.
 * 5) **How does one culture influence another?** Cultures can influence others by spreading their own cultures and sharing them with another cultures with their acts.
 * 6) **What can stories tell us about a culture?** Tells stories about how a certain culture acts and actions.
 * 7) **What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience?** Stereotyping on a cultural understanding can affect the way that people see a certain culture, whether it be good or bad. On political action someone can say that all politics are money grubby which is a false statement. It affects the way that people see politics because in Russia Vladimir Putin will make stereotype for all Russians.

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

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?** We made a mascot for Incarnation Catholic School is the fighting Irish. He would be dressed in green and would represent ICS as a school that fights hard and does good in sports and win.

E. **What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school?** My mascot is the Ravens for Alonso High School and the way it represents my school is bravery and fighting and that is good for a school sports mainly like football and wrestling.