Stereotypes

Reclaiming 'Labels'

Adam Kissel | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Speech Derogatory Words, Public College Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Speech College, Slurs, Stereotypes, College News
Adam Kissel

Many are aware of a controversial part of The Vagina Monologues in which the audience is encouraged to "reclaim" a certain slur. Unfortunately, the idea of using derogatory words to draw attention to their effects in society has met roadblocks at two universities lately.

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What 'The Sound of Music' Meant to This Single Mother

Bonnie St. John | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Stereotypes, Single Mothers, Nazis, Mother, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Mothers Day, The Sound of Music, Feminism, Mothers and Daughters, Women News
Bonnie St. John

We seldom celebrate the kind of moral and personal courage that Maria von Trapp exhibited. But that's the kind of 'happily ever after' that resonated for the battle-weary single mom who raised me.

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WATCH: 'Dateline' Parents Say 'My Kid Would Never...Discriminate'

Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: My Kid Would Never Do That, Stereotypes, Kids and Discrimination, Natalie Morales, Dateline NBC, Dateline, Natalie Morales Dateline, Discrimination, Racial Stereotypes, Natalie Morales Child, Hidden Camera, Racial Discrimination, Video, Black Voices News

The stakes are high for a group of teenagers trying out for a fictional television quiz show called "Smart, Smarter, Smartest," and competitive situat...

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These Men Say Hollywood Needs To Change Its Perception Of Them

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mama Hope Video, Mama Hope, Stop the Pity, Mama Hope Africa, Child Soldiers, Nyla Rodgers, Joseph Kony, African Stereotypes, Video, Rosebell Kagumire, Stereotypes, Activism, Mama Hope Ad, Africa, Kony 2012, Mama Hope Stop the Pity, Slidepollajax, Uganda Speaks, Hollywood, Impact News

Sick and tired of being portrayed on the big screen as machine-gun wielding ruthless killers, a group of educated African men have come forward to cha...

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Fathers From Around The Country Didn’t Allow Huggies To Disrespect Them

Etan Thomas | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Dad Stereotypes, Dads Huggies, Huggies, Stereotypes, Huggies Petition, Racial Stereotypes, Huggies Dads, change.org, Huggies-Dad-Test-Campaign, Parents News
Etan Thomas

Society has become comfortable with the notion that the typical father is not capable of actually being a responsible father.

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Novelists Who Were More Enlightened Than Their Era

Dave Astor | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Women, Stereotypes, John Steinbeck, Wilkie Collins, Novels, Asian Americans, Racism, Alexandre Dumas, Anti-Racism, Biracial, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, African Americans, Books News
Dave Astor

The 1800s were of course a time of blatant racism, and many authors reflected that by depicting fictional characters of color in horribly stereotyped ways. Or they omitted those characters entirely, as if the world was populated by whites only.

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Going the Distance: Stereotypes and Hard Work

Wray Herbert | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Stereotypes, Innate Ability, Caricature Heuristic, Achievement, Innate Ability Effort, Stereotypes Effort, Stereotypes Achievement, Innate Ability Hard Work, Stereotypes Hard Work, Science News
Wray Herbert

Attributing any ability to a particular social group may be damaging, contributing to the belief that natural talent is more important than hard work, which in turn can undermine effort and achievement, especially in children.

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Enough of the Jewish Stereotypes

Howard Meyer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Stereotypes, Jewish Humor, Jewish Comedy, American Jews, Seinfeld, Judaism, Religion News
Howard Meyer

Nasally voices, anxiety and austerity are not representative of the Jewish community at large. It's not so much that these stereotypes make Jews look meek and cheap; nobody I know even sounds like that.

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Signs and Society: Acting Without Thinking

Samantha Tritsch | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Tragedy, Signs, Philosophy, Stereotypes, Trayvon Martin, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Race, Symbols, College News
Samantha Tritsch

Ultimately, as it goes in America, a jury will ultimately decide what happened on the night Trayvon Martin was found dead. They will piece together all the evidence provided and images, and put together a narrative that we can only hope, will act in the name of equality and justice.

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Trayvon Martin is a Victim of Selective Perception

BJ Gallagher | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Paradigms, Thomas Kuhn, Stereotypes, Selective Perception, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Trayvon Martin, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Psychology, George Zimmerman, Prejudice, Perception, Race Relations, Crime News
BJ Gallagher

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are," wrote French diarist Anais Nin. This is not just true of George Zimmerman, the Florida man...

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What Do We Tell Our Children?

Janus Adams | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Trayvon Martin, Talking to Your Child About Racism, Black Children, That Talk, George Zimmerman, Stereotypes, Racism, White Children, Amadou Diallo, Andre Burgess, Erroll Maitland, Patrick Dorismond, Parents News
Janus Adams

In truth, "the talk" cannot save African-American boys. The larger talk that should be had with all children might.

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Hearing Trayvon Die

Mark Anthony Neal | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Threat, Stereotypes, Black Males, Trayvon Martin, Black Voices News
Mark Anthony Neal

In his dying moments, Trayvon Martin gave voice to all of the black men, women and children whose humanity continues to be denied in a society that has long chosen to not listen to us.

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Is She Taking It Too Far?

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Video, Cultura, Gender Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Sofia Vergara Modern Family, Colombia, Latino Stereotypes, Sofia Vergara, Poll, Slidepollajax, Modern Family, Latino Voices News

Sofia Vergara has a made a career for herself playing the stereotypical loud and boisterous Gloria in the show “Modern Family.” And what can we sa...

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Why You Shouldn't Judge A Hairdresser By Her Cup Size

Shannon Bradley-Colleary | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Breast Implants, Plastic Surgery, Stereotypes, Prejudice, Salon, Female Stereotypes, Hairdressers, Women News
Shannon Bradley-Colleary

I sit in a salon chair with each one of those large breasts beside my two ears as Crystal stands behind me checking my current hair color under the light.

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Sacha Baron Cohen Can't Make Profiling Funny

Nadia Tonova | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Sacha Baron Cohen the Dictator, Discrimination, Stereotypes, Sacha Baron Cohen Ryan Seacrest, Sacha Baron Cohen Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen, Arab Stereotypes, Arab Americans, Entertainment News
Nadia Tonova

At the Oscars, Sacha Baron Cohen buffooned as a fictitious Arab dictator to promote a film. There was plenty of buzz over the fact that he made a mess of Seacrest's Burberry tuxedo, but not about the blatant Arab stereotype.

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When Your Job Plan Isn't Part of Your Family's Plan

Karin Kamp | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Matchmaking, Singapore, The Story Exchange, Stereotypes, Women's Issues, Asian, Social Entrepreneurship, Violet Lim, Asian Americans, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Women News
Karin Kamp

"We can't live out our own dreams by following our parent's passions."

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Jeremy Lin doesn't make you Larry Wilmore

J.D. Bell | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Jeremy Lin Asian, Jeremy Lin Harvard, Jeremy Lin Knicks, Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lin New York Knicks, Stereotypes, Louis CK, Sarah Palin, Racism, Political Correctness, Tracy Morgan, Postbourgie, Black Voices News
J.D. Bell

Jeremy Lin is much more than a fortune cookie. Treat him as such.

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The "Dreamer" Stereotype - No Two Dreamers Are Alike

Erick Huerta | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Dreamers Blog Series, Stereotypes, Latino Politics, Dreamers, DREAM Act, Latino Voices News
Erick Huerta

The term "Dreamer" has become a stereotype that overpowers a person's individuality, but what does it mean to be a "Dreamer"?

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4 Bizarrely Specific Stereotypes

www.cracked.com | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Cracked, Video, Stereotypes, 4 Bizarrely Specific Stereotypes, cracked.com, Comedy News

I don't really think stereotyping is a good thing. Negative stereotyping leads to racism and all that, and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I ...

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Stereotyping and Prejudice Is Alive and Well in American Society

Bethany St. James | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Prostitution, Racial Stereotypes, Stereotypes, Prejudice, Sex, Racial Profiling, Talk Shows, Culture News
Bethany St. James

The stereotype that prostitutes are drug-addicted women with sad childhoods was, and remains, prevalent.

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WATCH: Latina Actresses Relegated To Roles As Maids And Abuelas

Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Latina Actresses, Video, Cultura, Altagracia Guzman, Stereotypes, Hollywood Typecasting, How to Make It in America, Latina Roles, Miriam Colon, Latina Actresses Typecast, Lupe Ontiveros, Rob!, Raising Victor Vargas, Latino Voices News

Teresa Yenque has appeared in seven episodes of "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: SVU", each time as a different character, as reported by Jezebel. She'...

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America's Welfare Queens Collect TARP Funds, Student Loans and Auto Bailouts, Not Food Stamps

John Hrabe | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Welfare, Stereotypes, Bailout, Food Stamps, Newt Gingrich, Race, Newt Gingrich Food Stamps, Election 2012, Tarp, Newt Gingrich Welfare, Politics News
John Hrabe

When in trouble, cue a Republican politician's favorite political villain, the welfare queen. You know the stereotype. The single African American mother whose full-time job is having more babies to increase her welfare benefits.

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Who's Most Gullible Online And Why?

redtape.msnbc.msn.com | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Online-Scam-Study, Internet Scam, Internet Safety, Internet Security, Stereotypes, Online Scams, Internet Scams, Huff/Post50 News

Think grandma and grandpa are the most likely to fall for Internet scams? Think again, suggests a study on gullibility released earlier this month. ...

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WATCH: Worst Latino Stereotypes On Television: Will 'Rob' Break The Cycle?

Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Rob Schneider, Cheech Marin, Television, Cultura, Video, Stereotypes, Sofia Vergara Modern Family, CBS' Rob, Latino Stereotypes, Latinos on Television, Latino Voices News

Is this the best American TV can do? Rob Schneider is marrying into a Mexican-American family on CBS' new sitcom, Rob, on Thursday nights, but cons...

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Why Women Rule At Negotiation

Tara Sophia Mohr | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Women and Money, Negotiation, Women, Stereotypes, Reframing, Women in Business, Stereotype Threat, Women in Leadership, Gender, Women News
Tara Sophia Mohr

Women, can you change your vision of a what a highly skilled negotiator looks like, to a picture that looks more like you?

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