Derogatory Stereotypes Of Minority Groups In American Society

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Since America is home to a vast variety of people from all different races and cultures, there is bound to be unfair categorization of races in the American society. Many immigrants have escaped their poverty stricken home land to come to America to live a better life but they must also face discrimination and racism due to the fact that there are people who judge an entire based only on what they have seen in the media or in movies. As a result, all minority groups have been unfairly looked down upon and they all will face some type of discrimination during their lifetime. Minority groups should deserve equal representation in American society in order for American society to progress. Being one of those minorities myself, I will mainly be …show more content…

For instance, if there was a fight between an asian man and literally anyone else that’s a different race, then the other person would automatically win since the asian man is too much of a pansy to know how to fight anyways and he would eventually give up and run away. On the other hand, asian women are seen as obedient slaves in the workplace who cannot talk back to their boss since they all speak broken english and they don’t have the ability to look assertive towards anyone that they speak to because they are all short and have a small body build. These two gender stereotypes between asian men and women only scratch the surface about how American society unfairly categorizes the differences between asian women and asian …show more content…

There are countless other asian stereotypes that are not listed here such as: asians can’t drive, asian men don’t know how to date anyone other than their own race, asians are nerds who study only to become a doctor etcetera etcetera. Even though these stereotypes are slightly different from one another, they all have one thing in common, which is to mock and belittle a race. Although this essay is mainly focused towards asian stereotypes, it does not mean to downplay the countless other stereotypes that are directed towards minorities. It is sad to see that the current US president is fueling prejudice and racial ignorance towards minorities in America (Workneh, 2016). Although current society is more accepting of other races, there is still an unacceptably high level of racism and prejudice. Racism and prejudice are only two of the many problems that will continue indefinitely in American

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