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Reading “The Children are watching” by Carlos E. Cortez made me ponder a little deeper on stereotypes. There were two specific sections that caught my attention a little more than the others. One was “Generalizations”, and the other was “Media as Generalizers and Stereotypers.” Generalizations i thought it was interesting because he mentioned “stereotyping is…

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Well, after reading the article, it feels like that some of the thins I’ve noticed about my childhood and the retroactive observations I’ve made looking at the things my brother watches had been somehow proven right. That generalizations do exist from the very beginning, and can be a very slippery slope towards stereotypes. The generalizations…

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When it comes to stereotypes, I feel that the majority of people do it. I might even do it myself without even realizing it or meaning to. This article mentioned that we don’t need to stop categorizing or generalizing people or things. At first I considered categorizing and stereotypes two different things, but once I began…

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Greetings from disneyland,   Personally when it comes to  Race stereotypes I greatly become angry and frustrated about how the word becomes so closed minded.Honestly I detest stereotypes, personally I don’t believe they have a reason for being around.  When the article says that “We need to stop categorizing and generalizing people” it’s the sad…

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Stereotypes are made without people even knowing they are doing it and there is no way to stop yourself from stereotyping. Being educated on the subject and knowing what you’re talking about will help you to be more positive. The article states that “If you think all the media does is stereotype, you are stereotyping…

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