Stereotypes In African American Society

Stereotyping has been a huge problem in society for many decades. Everyone does it whether it is race, looks, and language or body types. If society did less stereotyping our society might be a little more complicated and more peaceful. If you look different, dress different, or act different out of the norm you are being judge or stereotype. I was always taught do not judge a book by its cover. That phrase is very powerful and if society followed that phrase we could be a more peaceful community.

Stereotypes and generalizations about African Americans and their culture have evolved within American society dating back to the colonial years of settlement, particularly after slavery became a racial institution that was heritable. African Americans have been stereotyped for many years. As with every other identifiable group, stereotypes continue today. African Americans are often portrayed as violent, lazy and very religious. They are also portrayed as having a love for fried chicken, watermelon, corn beard, kool aide those are just many of their stereotypes being made of African Americans. Africans Americans wear slayed; white people put them in the category with dogs. They went through a great deal of

Typical stereotypes include: the Lazy Mexican, the maids, slum dwellers, drug addicts, gang bangers. Also a lot of common stereotypes are being illegal, unrealizable to speak English and bean eaters. Mexican women are uneducated and only good for house wives and having many children. Society believes Mexicans shouldn’t be allowed to be America that they all should return back to Mexico. Many Mexicans who come to this nation acquire jobs that many American people simply refuse to do. Should these Mexicans who work extended hours, are poorly paid, and often in unfit working conditions be considered lazy? In my opinion they are far from