The Negative Effects Of Stereotyping

Have you ever stopped to think how stereotyping affects other people? People have been affected by stereotyping over most of their lives. It normally starts with preschool and works its way up past the age of eighteen. Children learn to stereotype at a young age. College students and professors continue this horrible pattern. But to top it off people still stereotype others way into their late ages. Stereotyping is found in everyday events and in the work place. Stereotyping should be put to a stop. It’s affecting people’s lives in a negative manner. Children are taught to stereotype at a young age (Schneider 353). They pick up the stereotypes from their parents and other relatives before they even attend preschool. Though once in preschool, their peers and the people that watch them only help to reinforce the stereotypes (Schneider 353). “They may acquire negative attitudes toward other ethnic groups well before they have supporting beliefs or stereotypes” (Schneider 354). Children first learn to classify other children by race. This development can lead to negative feeling toward the other children. The effect this has on the children being targeted shapes their views. This also starts to set up their perspective on others for later in

Say there are two people, one white and the other black, both are applying for the same job. Now say that the black candidate is more qualified than the white candidate, but the white candidate gets the job. That is a form of racism and stereotyping. This type of stereotyping is used more often than most people think. There are employers out there who see hiring an African American as being bad for their business. In thinking in this manner, there are many people out there who never get to work in the job that they want. Stereotyping causes a negative effect on people’s ability to obtain the job that they are