Question

Please name 5 examples of indirect stereotyping. Use the following example to understand how each indirect stereotype needs to be written for your answer.

Example

A health club only accepts customers who are on the electoral register. This applies to all customers in the same way. But Gypsies and Travellers are less likely to be on the electoral register and therefore they’ll find it more difficult to join.

This could be indirect discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers because of the protected characteristic of race. The rule seems fair, but it has a worse effect on this particular group of people

Answer 1

A stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. The type of expectation can vary, it can be for example, an expectation about the group's personality, preferences, or ability.

One of the most infamous anti-American acts against the United States was the 9/11 attacks. American stereotypes were not the main proponent of these attacks, but stereotypes become self-fulfilling and normative. If America is seen as arrogant, power hungry, intrusive, etc then it is perceived that most American individuals exhibit this behavior, at least to some degree, and that the nation as a whole involves itself in situations in which it may have no business interfering.

Racism has affected voting in America since its founding, and it continues to affect voting today.

If we talk about the types of sterotyping we see the following commonly found.

1) Racial Profiling:-For example, saying that all Blacks are good at sports is a stereotype, because it's grouping the race together to indicate that everyone of that race is a good athlete.

2) Gender Profiling:-There are also some common stereotypes of men and women, such as:

• Men are strong and do all the work.
• Men are the "backbone."

3) Cultures:- Stereotypes also exist about cultures an countries as a whole. Stereotype examples of this sort include the premises that:

• All white Americans are obese, lazy, and dim-witted. Homer Simpson of the TV series The Simpsons is the personification of this stereotype.

4) Sexual Stereotypes:- Sexual stereotypes, on the other hand, suggest that any feminine man or masculine woman.

5) Groups of Individuals:- A different type of stereotype also involves grouping of individuals. Skaters, Goths, Gangsters, and Preps are a few examples. Most of this stereotyping is taking place in schools. For example:

• Goths wear black clothes, black makeup, are depressed and hated by society.