Stereotypes

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Friday afternoon, anatomy class and it’s all about the gut. We haven’t been through abdominal anatomy in nearly a year. I was rusty, real rusty. Surprised I could even remember the name of the coeliac trunk, let alone any of the other arteries of the gut.I’m filling out the details in the workbook, labelling a diagram of the vessels that run behind the neck of the pancreas. I recalled they w

Ist das jetzt schon Rassismus?Ja?! Hahaha... Immer wieder ein großer Spaß...

Who do you think of when you hear the words 'alcohol addiction'? The local GP, who juggles a busy career with the demands of motherhood? The career banker, who appears to thrive and prosper on the ethos of 'work hard, play hard'? The proprietor of a local building firm, who has built a thriving family business on sheer graft and a reputation for honesty and reliability?The simple fact is that alco

We recently came back from a trip to Disney World, and we were having a lot of fun dissecting the boiled-over, caked-on mess of a melting pot there. Our first observation: Americans are LAZY. Hey, we're no mall walkers ourselves.

Students at Yale University have taken aim at the writers of TV hit Gossip Girl over their portrayal of the esteemed institution in a recent episode.In an article published in the Yale Daily News, students interviewed allege the episode, which aired in the U.S. on Monday, is filled with several factual errors, especially with regards to the university's admission process. The episode, which was fi

Speak Up When You Hear Gender Stereotypes     A report by Catalyst, a New York-based research group, shows that gender-based stereotyping is undermining women’s capacity to lead, holding women back from leadership positions in the workplace. Catalyst’s summation is that both men and women are acting on the stereotypes that women take care, and men take charge. [...]

[FOR SOME REASON, THE LINKS ON THIS POST DO NOT WORK, SO I PROVIDED THE TERMS USED AND THE SOURCES AND THE RELEVANT DATES OF THE CITED NEWS ARTICLES, SO THAT THEY CAN BE LOOKED UP ON THE INTERNET.] My good friend, Don Charles, who blogs over at "Christ, The Gay Martyr," sent me the following email asking that I elaborate on it, and I’m very pleased to do so because I, too, share these beliefs!

We’ve been talking the past couple posts about the misconceptions that people hold concerning opiate addiction and opiate addicts and how those misconceptions work to prevent those who need it from receiving the treatment they need. Today, it’s racism I want to talk about, racism and its early connections with prejudice against those struggling with drug addiction, and opiate addiction specifi

I gots home one Saturday afternoon from work and at my was surprised a few friends are bbq-ing and havng drinks in “our house” - yeah, I wasn’t even invited arg! It was fun there were alot of chikka-chikka and kwento’s [kasama ang kwentong barbero] and yadda-yadda and blah-blah-blah’s and kiaw-kiaw-kiaw hehehehe and suddenly the [...]

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Belmar, NJ has always been know as a 'party town' I remember when I was a younger going to the Belmar beach with my godmother and the people there being crazy (little did I know they were most likely all...

(photo credit [photo not of me]) Here’s my basic premise: The person whose only interaction with people of a different cultural/ethnic group is in a serving/charity capacity is likely to form stereotypes about that group based on that limited and extremely isolated interaction. I myself went to a fairly large, suburban, predominately white church during my formative [...]

Internet offenders target teens, not young children -- rarely use force, abduction or deceptionWASHINGTON— Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who have studied the nature of Internet-initiated sex crimes.Rather, mos

To continue the TOEFL discussion.. Every once in a while some one would come up to me on the street, usually Taiwanese males in their 30s or 40s, and ask me to give them private English tutoring. I find that extremely peculiar that : They assume, just by looking at me, that I have good [...]

As we mentioned earlier, Queen Rania of Jordan is battling stereotypes and has launched her own YouTube channel to promote dialogue and understanding between the Arab and Muslim world and the West. Says the Queen: “Arabs and Muslims struggle daily with how the world sees us: our reality, history, and way of thinking. We must break down [...]

In what has to be one of the most bizarre stories to emerge this year, it appears that evangelical Christians are upset that educated Americans find them ridiculously absurd and have decided to do something about it. They aim to change how they are perceived through a large-scale study of an "evangelical intelligentsia."Where do I start here? It sounds like evangelicals feel that they have been mi

Domestic Violence expert John Hamel, LCSW recently addressed this, with abundant research citations, for a book chapter. I will provide, with his permission, his annotations.

This is an excellent article regarding the demographics of same-sex couples in California who are likely to get married. The findings surprised me.Also, this is a very nice article on California's Chief Supreme Court Justice, Ronald George," who wrote the majority opinion regarding same-sex marriage.

A few months back I was trying to get into Bombardier to grab a few snaps. No joy. Head office wouldn't have it. So, with this election thang in full swing a window of opportunity opened. I nipped through. The result was a load of photos of sheds, locos and stuff. Magic. Oh, and I took a few of the political folk who kept creeping into shot! The site has contracted over the years but it's still a

#1. Fill your tank in the morningYou may have heard that it's best to fill your gas tank in the early morning while the fuel is cold. The theory goes that fluids are more dense at lower temperatures, so a gallon of cold gas actually has more gas molecules than a gallon of warmer gas.But the temperature of the gasoline as it comes out of the nozzle varies little during the course of the day, accord

There was a time when Demolition ruled the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Division and it was cool to watch. Right now, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk are an unstoppable combo in the NHL playoffs. These 2 are sickeningly good. You can hit them and rough them up but they continue to thrive and excel. They create so much open space with their flexibility in their plays and even when the

This is something i wrote for a book about 4 years ago when i was just coming off husling and all that. Never published it.When I was a little dood, I use to have some crazy ass ideas about white people. I’m talking about way out there kind of stuff. I use to think that all kinda good stuff happened when white people were alone, with no Negro’s around; I use Negro cause I was little and that’s what I was suppose to say then. Ain't it funny that Negro is black in Spanish, But African American or whatever we using this week is black in English? Wouldn't that have been a more logical change? From black in the wrong language to black in the right language? As a poor black man I think it was set up that way cause if we were black and they were white, and the immigrants were hyphen namers,

Barack Obama just cannot make his comments about "bitter" small-town Americans who "cling to" guns or religion go away. And now the Wall Street Journal's Arthur Brooks makes a fact-based case for just how wrong Obama's comments are. According to the story , gun owners are happier in general than non-gun owning Americans. They earn more money and spend less time feeling "outraged" over the actions of others. Based on the tens of thousands of gun owners I've met, I'd say...(read more)

As with anyone with a physical or mental disorder, autistic people deal with a wide range of reactions from others, from full support to uncaring ignorance. Unfortunately, even those who support autistic family members, co-workers, and friends may not understand autism very well. This leads to stereotypes, which can result in hatred, embarrassment, or other [...]

Paul Krugman in his recent New York Times editorial titled: “Clinging to Stereotypes” (April 18, 2008), attempted to dissect Barack Obama’s now famous “bitter” quote. Making arguments that only a conservative pundit could, Krugman went line by line utilizing the most intellectually honest arguments. Not only were his opinions factually accurate, Paul Krugman transcended his own liberal elitism in... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

Are you ready to get real? If you work out at a public fitness gym, you’ll appreciate this video that shows the classic stereotypes, from cardio bunnies to muscle heads. If 14 percent of Americans go to the gym, then 86 percent of Americans DON’t go to the gym, probably because of the stereotypes we’ve created in [...]

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Another woman among the 100 most powerful women in the world is HM Queen Rania of Jordan (Number 80 on Forbes 100 Most powerful women of the world list and maybe not so significant but worth of mentioning - the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top [...]

Views: 993,566Comments: 2,655Subscribers 3,273QueenRania on YouTubeAnd then what? This is as one-sided as Hillary's efforts, but it's a start ...

Views: 993,566Comments: 2,655Subscribers 3,273QueenRania on YouTubeAnd then what? This is as one-sided as Hillary's efforts, but it's a start ...

Queen RaniaI know there is a lot of skepticism in the Ummah of Queen Rania, but I am a big fan of her for this reason:

I'm surprised Matthews doesn't just say, "Those niggers sure can dunk, can't they?"I really wish the media would learn to grow up about race. If Obama wins, we will have these television hosts awkwardly unable to get over the fact that the man is black and make dopey racial statements like these.

Beefeaters , guarding the palace and keeping a botox face Footballers from small local teams where family supporters huddle in the wind and the rain to cheer them on, pubs with wide screen tv’s and cock-eyed punters cheering and belching , huge stadiums where [...]

Well, before destroying the stereotypes, let’s find some definition to it. If we ask “About.com” then Stereotype is “fixed impressions, exaggerated or preconceived ideas about particular social groups, usually based solely on physical appearance.” Stereotypes might be divided into positive and negative, stereotypes based on race or gender…The last one, gender, is the topic of our post. Alison Quill, who is the founder of BrightMinds and a former secondary school science teacher aims to reverse the stereotypical view, and tries to make evidences that not only boys are presented in lighter view at science but girls too. The very first thing she plans is to call the UK toy manufacturers.According to the SourceWire “I am fed-up with receiving chemistry sets or electronics kits to

In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, cons

In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, cons

Yesterday, we took a look at some general dos and don'ts to keep in mind when conducting job interviews. Today, we'll delve a little deeper on the same topic, and examine some unconscious stereotypes that can unwittingly taint the interview process The following are some examples of general stereotypes that could unintentionally pervade an interview and create liability problems under the employment discrimination laws: Stereotypes in the advertising for candidates (i.e., "young grad"). Applicant's appearance makes him/her seem unable to do the job. Not hiring or promoting married women because they are not "primary earners". Refusing to hire or promote pregnant women, unwed mothers, or women with pre-school age children. Minimum height and weight requirements. People wit

From AFP: “Mr Rude, a new Mr Men character with a French accent and a flatulence problem, is threatening to put the wind up Anglo-French relations, reports said Monday.The new bright orange cartoon is the first with a foreign accent to join the children’s book and television series, whose more traditional characters include Mr Happy and [...]

Around a month ago, I posted a list titled The Top Ten Observations Foreigners Living in Japan Make About the Japanese. I've decided to examine the flip side, by listing ten stereotypes that the... Funny and insightful top ten lists. Updated Daily.

Maine can be a state that is very stereotyped. [Especially if a certain person doesn’t know anything about Maine or that it is even a state for that matter. And yes, these people do exist.] These are just some stereotypes that I thought up. Most of them are not true, but there are some with a degree of truth to them. See if you agree [if you know Maine] or just have fun!/There are moose EVERYWHERE and you see them at least once a week [This is definitely not true. I have seen a moose twice while I have been in Maine.]Everyone has been lobstering and loves to eat lobster or any other type of seafood [I do know several people who have been lobstering but not many. A lot of people do love seafood, however, I am one of the exceptions because I hate seafood.]“Wicked” is the favorite descr

Not high rollers, slots players want maximum entertainment from their gambling dollarsAre slots players all a bunch of little old ladies that only bet a penny at a time? How loyal are they to a favourite machine? Do players like slots just because they're easy to play? Or are big jackpots what make online slots so popular? Slotland.com’s survey of online and mobile slot machine players has now concluded and the results confirm some assumptions and dispute some stereotypes.The survey conducted through the summer and fall shows that not all slots players are old and they’re not all women. Most online and mobile slots players aren’t particularly high rollers, preferring to deposit small amounts and play it as long as they can. They want – and get -- many hours of entertainment for their gambling dollars. However, they play the game more strategically than many might think and aren’t afraid to place maximum bets when the time is right.Survey responses also show:Two-thirds like s

Members of the Pima County Republican Party Cigar Club met last night at a local cigar shop to talk with fellow Republicans and help fight the traditional stereotypes that surround the GOP. In the smoke-filtered front room of the cigar shop, the crowd of men held lively discussions that contained very little backslapping and only a few outbursts of uncontrolled laughter.“My friends, we need your help fighting the stereotypes that plague our party,” said Vic Williams, one of the event organizers, “Please keep your cigar chomping to a minimum and we recommend only ordering scotch that is younger than 15 years.”The group of participants that meet every 2nd Thursday of the month exchanged hushed gasps in response to the Scotch comment. However, the overall reaction of the crowd appeared to be positive. These gentlemen appear to want to help fight the stereotypes. One of the members was seen taking off his top-hat and placing his monocle in his pocket.“If you are going to make an

FIFTY YEARS AGO this fall, in the tiny town of Apalachin, near Binghamton, N.Y., Americans were unexpected guests at the coming-out party for organized crime. American popular culture has never been the same since then. Neither has the psyche of Italian-Americans. The Apalachin conclave of 1957 was the final event in a series of truly Byzantine shifts and alliances in the world of organized

Kevin Marsh, a former British TV producer and now working with the BBC School of Journalism, attacked the media for only presenting a stereotyped view of Turkey to the world. After studying English television reports on Turkey he was struck by how often the same words and images were repeated: headscarf, Turkish women, military, Islam. Over an over again if a story dealt with Turkey it invariably was accompanied by images of women wearing a headscarf or Turkish generals condemning the headscarf. Marsh believes newspapers are in the business of selling papers and thus they play upon fear, anxiety and prejudice. Marsh’s criticism could also be applied to the words, “Islam” or “Muslim.” Just about every time those words appear, they will be followed by words such as “terrorist,” or “violence.” As far as the media is concerned, Muslims spend their lives arguing about headscarves or engaging in violent actions.

As I write this I have only watched 12 of an estimated 26 episodes of this series. What are my thoughts? Do I like or hate it? What is Heroic age all about? Continue reading if you interested. The story for Heroic Age evolves around the powerful “Golden Tribe” who “summoned” three primitive races from the far reaches of the galaxy. These three races are the “Silver Tribe” – and arrogant group who are the most advanced of the lesser tribes, the “Bronze Tribe” an aggressive insect-like species who although it is unclear at this time seem to be under the command of the silver tribe and the “Iron Tribe” aka Humans, the most primitive of the tribes and enemies of the silver and bronze tribes. The anime starts with the princess of the iron tribe Deianeira traversing the far reaches of the galaxy looking to find her race’s savior or “Nodos” in order to tip the balance of power in the galaxy in their favor and to fulfill some long boring prophecy the most important parts of w

Early Results Confirm Slots are Most Popular With Women But Also Show Slots Players Are Bigger Gamblers Than Some Might ThinkGoing in to the final weeks of the Online Slots Player Survey, early trends confirm what many would suspect about online slots players and also challenge some common assumptions. The Survey, presented by Slotland.com, asks players about their betting habits, memorable wins and strategies for winning. With mobile gambling becoming so popular, it also includes questions about playing games on mobile phones.Players that complete the Survey can enter a free contest. One player, drawn randomly, will win a $500 credit to their Slotland.com account.One thing the survey’s early results suggest is that most slots players aren’t just playing for pennies. Although most said the highest they ever bet was $50 - $100 most respondents so far also said they occasionally or almost always like to place a maximum bet. Most said their biggest win ever was $1000.There has been ne

You joinum the NRA! Maybe shootum redskins who speakum likeum inum badum Western!I guess it just never occured to anyone (or, just as likely, they simply didn't care) that a Native American child just might read a comic book every now and then.

It's that time of year again. I just dropped off my paperwork for the state, and needed a name for our homeschool. Two years in a row, we have struggled with a name. For first grade, we were simply "Hanley Homeschool." Last year, you helped me in an online poll to discover a name. There was a nice selection of suggestions, but ultimately, you chose for us The George Bush Institute for the Standardization of Intellectual Output. I even came up with a mission statement. Obviously, that was all in fun (even if I did accidentally turn the paperwork in with an envelope on which I had jotted down all the names. Oops!)This year we have settled on an actual name for our homeschool. We are the Principled Discovery Academy. My husband's idea, and I liked it. But we still need a tagline, so I thought (just to be fair) I'd play with some of my favorite homeschool stereotypes:Please vote for your favorite, or feel free to add your own!

First and foremost, I would like to ask : are you a racist? If so, why do you differentiate them? Well...Yes, how do a child born a racist? Environment? Family? Friends?"Studies going back over 50 years have repeatedly arrived at the same conclusion -- racists have lower IQs than non-racists. The average intelligence quotient (IQ) of all members of the human race is 100 on the Stanford-Binet scale, as illustrated in the bell curves in the figure below. The average IQ of racists is up to 4 IQ points less than this (Montagu 1952 & 1988, Allport 1946, Frenkel-Brunswick and Sanford 1945). The reasons this is true are not entirely clear. Does racism attract the unintelligent or do the unintelligent default into racist mentalities? An exploration of this phenomenon can be most informative."Can you see now, do you want to be a racist? If Racism is a religion and Racist is a race itself, should we discriminate them?Look at this picture. What can you see?Lovely right? Unity and peace. If YOU ar

Ever since “Revenge of the Nerds”, the media has had a very crystallized view of the computer geek. Most of the time, it’s unflattering as well. While geeks aren’t quite even with other minorities in standing up to the negative press, signs are out there that that day could come soon. You can get a jump-start: promote the better understanding of those who are handier with technology by countering these myths with the truth: * Geeks never get a date. A whole generation of computer science graduates have grown up to have kids of their own by now. In fact, a new wave of perceiving geeks as the best quality mates has arisen. Try Googling “dating a geek”. Geeks are now said to be the ideal spouse - faithful, stable, better at communication, more fun to be with, more knowledgeable, and, what with the world’s global market in technology jobs on a boom, bringing home a better paycheck! * Geeks are all male. While there is, indeed, still a myster

What one realises very quickly when you live in Spain for a while is that many of the stereotypes we hold about the country are either false or ill-founded.1. Sun & BeachMaybe I should have known better when I arrived in Spain for the first time with a suitcase packed with shorts and t-shirts. Like many of the stereotypes that we'll see this one relates to south of Spain. Anyone who has spent anytime in Burgos outside the summer months will note that the temperatures can be baltic. In fact, it is considered to be one of the coldest cities in all of Spain. Rather than being a negative the Spanish climate has the up side of offering a wide range of landscapes from the rain soaked hills of Asturias and Galicia (the Ireland of Spain in more ways than one), the dry heat of the central plain, an

What the heck did he just say? Well, his English is better than my Chinese....I want to be outraged by this character, but I just find him so durn cute!

That's correct, Paul... homeless people are never clean. There are also no good Asian drivers, Caucasian dancers, or sober Irishmen.*Sigh*.... what makes this more fun for us, comic book nerds, is that this is a 1940's appearance of Paul Kirk. Yup, this is the guy who would later be the original Manhunter, using his preconceptions of expectations regarding personal hygiene to thwart criminals everywhere!

Gay, Muslim lawyer bucks stereotypes--El-Farouk Khaki says human rights abuses call for a `jihad,' a struggle against injusticeby Nicholas KeungIf you want to understand El-Farouk Khaki's approach to fighting stereotyping and injustice, you can catch a glimpse of it in his vintage attire and unorthodox demeanour in court. His perspectives are largely the product of his own struggle – and ultimate triumph – to reconcile a multi-layered identity as a gay, visible-minority, Muslim, immigrant lawyer."No matter how you slice it, the denial of human rights and dignity (call for) a jihad, a struggle against oppression and injustice," explains the immigration lawyer from his small office on the fringe of Toronto's gay village, at Yonge and Alexander Sts. "Our biggest enemy is our perpetuating invisibility. By being invisible, your existence is denied. "There are many taboo issues around us, but people choose not to acknowledge them. To create a just society, we need to talk about the di

There are so many anime stereotypes running around these days, it’s hard to keep track of...

Red hot Chili Peppers - "Hump De Bump"Block Party + Metal Detectors + Half Naked Models + Basketball + Grillz + Lowriders Etc. = My Kinda Party!!! LOL!!The parts with Chris Rock and the bouncer are hilarious.Tell us what you think.

Yesterday in my Gender class we discussed gender stereotypes. Most people really don't realize the power behind gender stereotypes or stereotypes of any kind. It's a pretty interesting topic; as a society we really have come a long way, but we still have so far to go. Even though we have updated our home economic textbooks from the 50’s, women in a number of foreign countries have no rights. Have you ever seen one of those textbooks? It instructs our girls to do things like the following: - greet your husband at the door after a long day at work looking fresh, with newly applied makeup and high heels on- to bring him his slippers to help him relax- to have dinner waiting- to let him talk about his day because his was stressful- to not share the bad things that happened in your day because it would add to his stress These are just a few examples of what you could expect to find back “in the day!” We are improving, but so much more needs to be done especially in certain parts of

This is Part IV in a four-part series designed to inform the public on how to be better customers. You can read Part I here, Part II here or Part III here. I warned you last week that this is the part of the series that gets a little dicey. Some might even go so far as to say that I’m being offensive or racist, but I genuinely don’t care. All I care about is bringing you the truth and I’m not going to veil it in false compassion or tolerance. If you are offended by what I say next then I suggest you look within yourself to ask why you’re offended. Is it because you’re an upstanding citizen that shudders at the thought of judgment, or is it because you truly do exhibit the stereotypes I’m about to describe. The only thing I ask is that you read this in its entirety before jumping to any judgments or conclusions of your own. Here goes. White People: This is the general demographic I wait on the most and boy are you guys uppity. White people, on the who

Since the 9/11 attack, security at airports and other sensitive areas has increased and people are being picked out for searches, humiliated and inconvenienced based solely on the way they look. A man with dark skin and a beard is instantly profiled as being from the Middle East and a possible...

Here's a video that examines Hispanic stereotypes.

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