Olivia Bouris Mr. Lewis English 7 Honors May 17, 2024 Cultural Stereotypes in New Kid What is a stereotype? This is a question often asked. What stereotypes are characterized as has long been a query. In short, a stereotype is considered the prejudice and depiction of a certain race, color, or other physical characteristic. This can especially appear when people aren’t educated on the topic. The graphic novel New Kid by Jerry Craft does a wonderful job demonstrating examples of stereotyping, and why they are hurtful, disrespectful, and unacceptable. In New Kid, a Black American seventh-grader faces the challenges of a new, diverse school as a person of color. On top of being the new kid, Jordan faces many stereotypes and prejudices moving his …show more content…
One example of a stereotype in New Kid is on page 42. Jordan and some other boys; Andy, Collin, Ramon, Liam, and Alex sitting at their table at lunch. For lunch that day, tacos were served. This prompts the ignorant comment from Andy that Ramon probably doesn’t like them because he appears Mexican. Andy says, “Mmm.Don’t you guys just love tacos? Well, maybe not you, Ramon.I’ll bet your mom’s are a lot better.” This is clear stereotyping because, first of all, Ramon isn’t Mexican, he is Nicaraguan, and Andy judges him on his looks. Also, even if he were Mexican, it is very stereotypical to assume that they eat tacos regularly. Just because Ramon has darker skin, doesn’t mean it is okay to assume his ethnicity. On top of this, it can be seen that Ramon becomes flustered and upset by the remark. This shows how even inconsiderate, thoughtless comments can damage a person’s self-esteem and feelings. It also teaches a good lesson on stereotyping, and even simply teasing remarks; people should always think about how what they are going to say will affect someone before they say
What Is a Stereotype? The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races. Stereotyping is a big problem, and everyone can be affected by it. There are many ways to stereotype a person such as, all white Americans are obese, lazy, and dumb, men who spend too much time on the computer or read are geeks, that all Mexicans are lazy and came into America illegally, all Arabs and Muslims are terrorists, or that all Americans are generally considered to be friendly, generous, and tolerant. All of these examples of stereotyping are found in the novel, Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis, published on December 2, 2014. This is a nonfiction/documentary book that follows the true story of how four undocumented teens from Mexico, leaving in Arizona, are joined by two teachers who were able to beat some of the best engineering schools
Everyday we experience stereotyping in one way or another. Over the years stereotyping has become such a large part of our society that it is a vital part of our everyday communication. It has caused many of us to not really think about who a person really is, or what they are about, but to accept instead a certain stereotype that has already been created by our society and given to an individual. Stephanie Ericsson makes an excellent point in her essay when she says “they take a single tree, and make it into a landscape.” The statement she was trying to make by saying this is that many times, a stereotype is made by an individual because of something done by one particular person in a certain group, but is then given to the whole group as a result. Our society has given a stereotype to practically every form of human being out there. Some examples of this are the blond that is said to be dumb, the kid with glasse...
Stereotypes are used everyday, by every human, no matter how much effort we put into speaking objectively. Throughout the centuries, stereotypes have been made for every race, gender, or group of individuals. Examples of such include all blonds are unintelligent, all men are meatheads, women are not strong, and so on. These comments are often used to hurt this group in order to make their own flaws less visible. In the book my RC class read, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, many stereotypes were made about greasers that the narrator, Ponyboy, completely went against. Most believed greasers were uneducated, violent, and emotionless, but this protagonist completely shattered this imposed mold that society has crafted for anyone who is part of a
Have you ever made an assumption about someone due to a stereotype? In the realistic fiction novel, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton and the short story “Geeks Bearing Gifts” by Ron Koertge, stereotypes often come up. In The Outsiders, the town that the main character, Ponyboy, lives in is separated into two rival sides. The rich and wild Socials, or Socs, and the poor outcasts, the Greasers. The characters are defined by what side of town they live in. In “Geeks Bearing Gifts”, Renee’s school is separated the same way, with the preppy and popular students, and those who are labeled ‘outcasts’. By reading both of these stories, the reader learns that our thoughts about people revolve around stereotypes and assumptions, but everyone has an individual
One of the major stereotypes is racial/stereotypical thoughts against Mexicans. Lots of people say that all Mexicans like soccer and/or professionally play soccer. Also people like to joke around and say that all Mexicans like tacos and burritos. Even though there might be some kids that are of mexican heritage that don’t like soccer or don’t like tacos or burritos. Just because so one is Mexican or even just looks Mexican doesn't mean that they play soccer, eat tacos, listen to marrache, or that their families are poor.
A stereotype can be defined as a view of a certain racial or ethnic group based off of aspects of the group (Stereotyping 1). Stereotypes are everywhere. We can see them in television programs, movies, and even games. Many times, people from different cultures and ethnicities are stereotyped by members of a different race or ethnicity. One group that is commonly believed to be stereotyped is the Hispanic population. One writer who comments on how the Hispanic population is stereotyped is Luis Valdez. Valdez presents these stereotypes, not in scholarly article, but in a play. This play, “Los Vendidos “is not long. In fact, it only has one act. Yet in this one act, Valdez is able to present the four main stereotypes of the Hispanic
“The Proud Family” is a children’s program that runs daily on The Disney Channel and on Saturday mornings on ABC Kids. It is a TV-G rated program. The show is about an African-American family with the last name Proud. There is a mom, dad, three kids, and a grandmother. The main character of the show is the oldest daughter named Penny Proud who is probably in junior high. Also, some of Penny’s friends are in the show. All of the characters in this show are stereotyped by many things such as race and gender, including Penny.
Everyone has heard the saying don’t judge a book by a cover. Sadly every minute of the day someone gets judged because of assumptions that are not correct. These assumptions overtime eventually lead to stereotypes. A stereotype is an image or idea of a particular type of person. Stereotyping a person is seen in many differents aspects such as race, groups, beliefs, appearance, etc. An individual may ask why people are stereotyped or stereotype. In reality stereotyping helps people categorize the different type of people. It narrows down the options of who one might want to associate with. Stereotyping can have its negatives, it makes people ignore how others really are. It may lead to a person not wanting to hang out with another person because of the stereotype that persons group has. Everyday the general public use cars for the means of transportation. But what about when people use their car for more than transportation, car enthusiasts often modify their cars to their likings. Enthusiasts often join car clubs to share their common interests with other car enthusiasts. Often the people in car clubs have a stereotype of being juvenile, racing a lot, low-life bums, and ghetto when actually most do not have those characteristics.
The novel also portrays numerous examples of racism, sexism, in creative ways. The stereotypes and themes portrayed in this novel have taught its readers not only very valuable lessons but ways to keep from placing stereotypes on people that are different from you before you get to know that person.
Many thoughts come into the mind when hearing the word stereotype. The society has been exposed to too many stereotypes. These stereotypes result in controversial issues, which in turn, affect adults and children. The TV shows, internet, and social media are sources that expose children, as well as the adults, to stereotypes. Examples of those stereotypes are religion, sexism, and race. As children grow up by, the age of four they are able to pick up many stereotypes through those sources and without the perception and knowledge these children carry these stereotypes along with them in their long term memory. Moreover, children are not able to know or distinguish whether those thoughts are negative or positive stereotypes, which in turn, cause
Have you ever been watching your favorite TV show and came across a racial stereotype? Growing up watching TV shows was a regular activity of mine. I recall seeing many racial stereotypes throughout the tv shows I watched. This teaches kids and shows them it is okay to be racist. A stereotype is defined as a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. While growing up watching TV there was many racial stereotyping against Middle Eastern People, African Americans, and Asians.
A time that I did something that I thought I couldn't do, was to stick up for others. When I was in sixth grade, during recess, I saw a girl named Melissa crying. I went up to her and asked what was wrong. She said that people were talking about her behind her back, and that she felt awkward around them. I consoled her by letting her know that friends don't talk behind friends backs and that you have other people that you can talk to during recess. It bothered me how Melissa was sad. She felt a little better after we talked and then we played games.
Have you ever been stereotyped, or judged based on your friendships, or social class? A novel by S. E. Hinton, “The Outsiders”, deals with these issues. The novel introduces Ponyboy, a 14 year old boy, as he narrates the story of him and his friends living on the less fortunate side of town. Teenagers relate to this book because it deals with real life issues they can connect with. This book deals with stereotypes and how these can revolve around what class you are in, and what friends you have.
There are several factors that play a role in the development of stereotypes. The biggest learning of stereotypes come from family influences. Young children don’t see color or hold beliefs about culture and religion, but as they grow up, their ideas about people change with the people that they are surrounded by and associated with. Stereotypes also come from the media and social categorization (Ferguson). In young l...
In the modern era, stereotypes seem to be the ways people justify and simplify the society. Actually, “[s]tereotypes are one way in which we ‘define’ the world in order to see it” (Heilbroner 373). People often prejudge people or objects with grouping them into the categories or styles they know, and then treat the types with their experiences or just follow what other people usually do, without truly understand what and why. Thus, all that caused miscommunication, argument or losing opportunities to broaden the life experience. Stereotypes are usually formed based on an individual’s appearance, race, and gender that would put labels on people.