The Impact of Stereotypes on the Elderly

The Impact of Stereotypes on the Elderly

Is this how the elderly should feel?

                             The elderly have gone through so much criticism and stereotypes for so long, but when will it all come to an end? When will older people be provided with better opportunities, higher respect, and most importantly, decent acts of kindness. In today's times, the elderly are characterized by many to be more forgetful, as well as having a short memory span. Due to this, people get the idea that the older civilians are unable to learn and process new information. It is also thought that they lose much of their abilities to do what they used to, causing them to become sad and hopeless as well. Sure the elderly do not walk as good as they used to, or see as good as they could before, or have wrinkly skin, but that does not mean someone has the right to call them ugly, sick, or disabled.                                           Now that the stereotypes against the elderly are understood, let's take a look at how it affects their everyday life. They cause negative effects for the older adults because they then believe the criticism, and do not try as hard as they should. This then becomes a loss for the community and the people around them. The older adults then decide to blame not being able to do something on the ideology that is was because they were old, rather than the fact that they did not put as much effort into what they were trying to accomplish. Their behaviors might even start to become more persistent with the ones mentioned in the stereotypes, even if it was not within them to begin with. Calling them ugly, sick and disabled will cause them to think that these are true, and will definitely lower their self-confidence. They'll believe that because they don;t have perfect skin, or wear glasses, they're seen to be lower than others around them, but that is not the case.

                People need to stand up and make a change because judging and criticizing someone based off of stereotypes already made about them is only a loss for the person making the harsh critique. This is because they may be looking an opportunity to have a good friendship with someone wise and knowledgeable, to provide them with necessities they'll be needing in their future. In addition, stand up for someone being judged.

Perceptions of Aisian American Students: Stereotypes and Effects

Perceptions of Aisian American Students: Stereotypes and Effects

How Asian American students in America perceived by fellow American students, and what are the effects of these false racial discriminations? Qin Zhang has created a study on how the media has portrayed Asian American students. To represent what this study has shown, "Asian American students are most likely perceived as academic overachievers and nerds lacking appropriate social and communication skills" (Zhang parag. 2). Due to what is concentrated on the study, most Americans are less likely to start off a friendship with an Asian student on a first encounter. This definitely should not be the case, because no one should be judging someone else, especially on an initial encounter, when someone has not even gotten an opportunity to meet another person yet. The effects of discrimination to this particular group, or any racial group, can lead to psychological, emotional and even social costs. In additional, it can prevent them from other things like joining clubs, receiving certain career opportunities, and much more.  Why should someone suffer based off of someone else’s lack of sense to see truth behind someone else, or due to someone’s inability to create their own perspective based on their own thoughts, rather than following the media? Serious cases of depression, anxiety, and even many feelings of loneliness may occur to those Asian American students who are deeply affected by stereotypes against them. Next time someone sees a person who they don’t perceive as similar, the should go talk to then and start a friendship, rather than listening to what the media has to say about that person.

Cites Used for This Blog:
https://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=963

Racial Stereotypes: How Muslims Are Portrayed After 9/11

 Racial Stereotypes: How Muslims Are Portrayed After 9/11

September 11 has just passed, and it is important to be able to understand everything that occured since 9/11, especially being able to understand what present day Muslims have to face on an everyday basis. Ever since this tragedy occured, muslims have been facing ethnic, racial, and religious profiling ever since people learned that al Queda was responsible for the attack. Even today, anti-Muslim bigotry is still rising, and this is definitly a stereotype that needs to be put away, because it is not true. Due to a recent study, a poll indicated that only 27% of Americans contained a favorable view of Muslim Americans. This is definitly not right, and people need to open their eyes and realize that there is good and bad people in all religious groups, but the small majority should not define the whole group. This personally affects me because one of my closest freinds is Muslim. However, I have known her for several years, and I am confident enough to state that she is one of the kindest and warm hearted people I have ever met. When I first met her, I didnt judge her by her religion, backround, or any other characteristics she had. This is because somoene's backround or decent does not define who they are, but in fact, their personality is much more than a category.

Cites Used for this Blog:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/11/13-years-after-9-11-anti-muslim-bigotry-is-worse-than-ever.html