Humans are the dominant race on Earth. Many would expect them to strive to work together in harmony to help make the world a better place, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, humans regularly pass judgments upon others solely based on appearances and previous experiences. This limits and possibly prevents new innovations that could change the world. But why does this happen? Unfair treatment and pre-judgement of a person or people based on appearances and previous experience have tainted society creating stubborn, but breakable, racial castes that have no advantage.
A stereotype is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group — a generalization that allows for little or no individual differences or social variation. Stereotypes
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Discrimination is a part of daily life that starts from day one of existence. However, as stated, discrimination is caused and created through many layers. A person also learns how to discriminate in those same levels. When a woman is pregnant, the family members have the common question, What gender is the baby? This is what starts everything. These joyous new grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends then go out and buy everything that they think the new parents will need for their new boy or girl. Although this common gesture is only a form of congratulations, it can force the new child and possibly parents into a form of gender stereotyping. Girls get the cute pink clothes and dainty stuffed animals. While boys receive the blue boxes full of things that society views to be more masculine. Even though babies aren’t yet old enough to analyze what these colors and objects mean, as the child grows up, it views these things to be normal: girls are to be associated with pink and gentleness, while boys are to be associated with the color blue and more physical activity. These are examples of gender stereotypes. While they seem simple now, throughout the process of growing up they become more developed. Fast forwarding to around five to six years old, children start learning how to read. During this stage, it is common for many children to read classic fairytales such as Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, as well as many other childhood tales. There is a common thread between all of these stories: the good is associated with bright colors and the bad is associated with the darker colors. Even though this may seem innocent it has a deeper and more unconscious meaning. They help to reinforce the commonly held explicit bias that the light is good and the dark is bad. As a child grows up, they begin to learn