Stereotypes In The Ghetto

The houses are run down, the windows are not clean. If the storm door is not propped up against the house, the screen is missing and the white frame is varying shades of brown and black. There are no flowers in the yards. The yards don 't even have grass! This is the stereotypical representation of the Ghetto. The image, usually includes half naked dirty faced children, a few stray dogs and a broken down car in the front yard. That is just the environment. The portrayal of the people who live there is even more dismal. Popular media portrays all Black people as products of the ghetto environment. They are portrayed as uneducated, unemployed, uncouth and unconcerned about their state of affairs. Happilyhanging on street corners, whiling the day away, smoking weed and drinking beer from brown paper bags. The truth is that most black or

This stereotype is a throwback to the Era of European colonization. An example of the animality stereotype is that of African Americans as apelilke. The animal attribution suggests that the group is less intelligent and less capable than members of the non stereotyped group. These views are still applied with regard to rural and urban poor. (S. Loughnan et al.: Dehumanization and Social Class 2014 ) This stereotype can also have harmful effects. When discussing poverty relief, those of the other group may not feel that they have an obligation to aid and assist those of the poor rural and urban group. Such an attitude has a negative impact on public policy and how the poor are treated. Remember sixty percent of all Blacks live in Ten States. When depicted on a map these states are all clustered together on the East and Southeast portion of the country. From New York Down the Eastern Seaboard and to Florida, and back to Texas and up to the Southern States, the only other places with a high concetration of Black people are Los Angeles California and Las Vegas