Pit Bull Stereotypes Essay

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Everyone is a victim of judgement, and everyone is at fault for stereotyping others. People stereotype others because it is easier to make assumptions based off of someone's appearances rather than personally getting to know them. Although stereotypes contain some truth, they are exaggerated, which make them no longer necessarily true about an individual's characteristics, or their groups. When stereotyping becomes significantly exaggerated and no longer contains any part of the truth, it is known as a misconception. Everyday people stereotype and judge without even noticing it due to it happening so naturally and frequently, but where is this learned? There are many influences that teach people how to stereotype such as parents …show more content…

She was asked multiple questions by Greta Schroeder, who is the owner of a pet care facility. Schroeder asked questions regarding the stereotypes of pit bulls, misconceptions, and what their owners are tired of hearing. According to My Pit bull Friend online article, The Stereotypes About Pit Bulls Nicole Arndt emphasizes that, “the biggest misconception about pit bulls is that they are inherently viscous… this is far from the truth. Typically pit bulls are sweet, loving, and gentle… Pit bull dogs have been taken out of the most horrendous of situations and go on to be family, therapy, service, agility, and even K9 unit working dogs.” Arndt then goes on to further explain that Pit bulls have an extremely high euthanization rate and communities should be to be blame for this. The media is still very harsh on pit bulls to date due to their stereotypes and people's misconceptions about them. Although shelters are trying their best to educate people on the real traits pit bulls contain it is not enough. Despite this, progress in clearing pit bulls of their bad reps is occurring, it may just be a while longer until their stereotypes are long

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