African American

Stereotypes

Why I Chose This

WHAT AND

WHYTo stereotype is to place a group of similar people under one category making them all the same.

Television

• kids• Less

educated• with no self

worth• No self

image

Lack of Info

• balanced judgment

• Believe what you do know

• experience

Experience

• Scapegoat• Bond with

your group• Legitimizes

discrimination

• Social identities

Automatic Implicit Stereotyping

The inclination to feel a certain way about someone because of a specific characteristic › Skin complexion› Gender› Age

We don’t pay attention to how far they go and how much they effect us all

My Foundation

• Slavery• Segregation

History

• Television• Music• Media

Reinforcement

• Society• One

another • Ourselves

Effect

HistorySlavery, Segregation

Slavery Here to serve the white man

& his family political and economic

relationship of hierarchy not prejudice

Justified by Christians› Africans were descendants of

Ham and were cursed by his father Noah to be servants

Light vs. Dark Present tied to history

› Perception of black people has been closely tied to their history

Segregation

Inferiority

• Separate/equal (Jim Crow)

• Separate/not equal

Living conditions

• Whites: nice homes• Blacks: secluded ghettos

Educational

• Whites: well built schools/books

• Blacks: barley any books/disadvantage schools

These things led to the idea of blacks being less clean, less intelligent and overall inferior

ReinforcementTelevision/Media, Music

Television

What

You

Get What You See Vulgar Profanity

› 89% Blacks› 5% Whites

Physically Violent› 56% Blacks› 11% Whites

Being Restrained› 55% Blacks› 6%Whites

Blacks seen in demeaning intellectual terms on TV

Mug shots are 4 times more likely to appear

Black on white crimes (over represented)

It’s impossible to forgetWhat we see everyday

MUSICWe’ve come to a point where to “act black” is to act in this manner. If you act otherwise you’re not “acting black”

Degrading, Classless, Bad Influences

The Effects Of It AllWhat does it mean to be black?