Due 11-27-16

Written Analysis 2

                        I don’t think it matters what country you are from I think people stereotype other cultures and how they view them. These are generalized from how people see cultures depicted on TV, movies and past acts of people from these cultures. Sometimes they can be good but usually these are bad. No one wants to fit in a box and be classified as something they aren’t. When I was in high school we had an exchange student from France. I asked him, what was the biggest difference he noticed when he actually came to the United States? He told me that in France they view Americans as cowboys all riding horses with cowboy hats. I laughed and told him we viewed them as wearing berets, smoking, loving long loaves of bread, and being artsy. He said the only knowledge he had of Americans was western movies.

            There are lots of stereotypes of ethnic groups, other counties and even within other states. Kentucky and West Virginia they all marry their cousins, are dumb hillbillies, and inbred. Mexicans drink a lot, are illegal and must be in the drug cartel. Irish people love to drink and fight. All Middle Eastern people are terrorist or all Muslims. All homosexuals have aids. These are not true because not all of the people from these areas are like this and it is unfortunate that is the way they are viewed and portrayed. Putting labels on people or religious groups is hurtful and condemns people in the group who are not like this.

            Stereotypes like this harm people because they cause hate or others to look down upon them because people are not educated enough on differences. The biggest one I think today would be Middle Eastern or Muslim people. Since 9/11 people are scared and don’t want to take a chance. The terrorist people in this group are the radicals and are few in comparison to the number of good ones. I feel bad for people from other countries who come here because they are stereotyped into something they are not when all they are trying to do is escape a bad situation.