en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2407754 Comments by eer5087 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144711993 I believe that society has a problem with the immigrant population because they are different than their own race. Let’s think back to Dr. Seuses famous story about the star bellied sneaches. In Dr. Seuses fantastic story, there are the sneaches, and then the star bellied sneaches. The star bellied sneaches were seen as the upper class sneaches within the society, and they got whatever they desired; while on the other hand, the sneaches just survived with what they needed and did not get anything else, even if they wished in their wildest dreams that they wanted something else, they did not get anything extra. So then, a entrepreneur comes along and tells the sneaches that they too could be star bellied sneaches, if they so desired. All they had to do was walk through his fancy machine, and then the desired star would be placed on the sneaches belly, so that they could be equal with the other star bellied sneaches. Obviously, all of the normal sneaches were a bit flustered when they saw what was happening because they believe that the normal sneaches did not deserve to have star bellies—so what they decided to do is to walk through a different machine that the entrepreneur has that would remove the star on their belly, in hopes to keep the (former) star bellied sneaches higher class than just the plain old sneaches. So now, it becomes a fight between the star bellied sneaches and the normal sneaches to try to keep up with eachother in terms of who is truly the upper class. The plain bellied sneaches believe that when they have the star on their belly, that means that they are officially the “upper class”, but the former star bellied sneaches then say that they are truly the upper class because they no longer have star bellies (very confusing). Eventually, everyone from both groups become confused and they can no longer tell who was originally a star bellied sneach or who was just a normal sneach. So they all agree to accept each other’s differences and live in harmony in the sneach colony. But alas, in reality, the whole immigration debacle is not similar to this. I feel like the people who live within the United States have a hard time accepting different cultures and embracing diversity because they are very nationalistic about American culture. I personally, do embrace different cultures due to the fact that I grew up in a rich diverse area (known as State College, Pennsylvania), so I have met people from all around the world at an earlier age—so it became custom for me to accept & embrace their differences in a way. But as for other people, it is harder for them to accept immigrants because they most likely did not grow up in a diverse area, so it is not custom to walk down the street and hear at least five different conversations going on in different languages. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:15:04 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/19/why-does-society-dislike-immigrants-and-why-are-they-portrayed-badly-119-blog/#IDComment144711993 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/14/what-does-it-say-about-our-society-if-schools-are-more-segregated-now-than-in-the-1970s-119-blog/#IDComment143154665 When the guest lecturer yesterday said that the United States is now more segregated within public and private schools within the United States compared to how it was in the back in the 1970’s , I can say I was surprised; but yet, not surprised at the same time. Confusing? Yes, I can understand why you would be: let me explain myself on this topic fully so maybe you can understand my reasoning behind this fact and how it baffles me. When one thinks back to the time of segregation in the United States, he or she is most likely to think about the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous I Have a Dream Speech (which is one of my favorite speeches of all time, just a fun fact for you all), Rosa Parks refusing to give up a seat in the front of the bus/ refusing to move to the back of the bus, Brown vs. Board, Letters from Birmingham Jail, and then finally President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that states discrimination of any kind (religious, racial, or their skin color) is illegal in the United States; which, fun fact, powers the federal government to enforce desegregation. Think about it, think, think (waiting for the light bulb...) WAIT! What happened to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT enforcing the desegregation of the United States?! Didn’t the guest lecturer just say that the United States is now MORE segregated than it was right after the Civil Rights Movement that ended, if we’re being politically correct, in the late 1960’s? Yes, people, we are. We are now more segregated then when people were still coming to terms not having a color barrier. Shocker, eh? Makes you think a little? I would only imagine. And that’s the reason why I am shocked. Martin Luther King left his legacy on the United States (along with many other Civil Rights Activsts), and now we’re forgetting what they did? We STILL celebrate MLK day, but we are still segregated?! Yep. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?! The federal government clearly dropped the ball on this whole topic, which is just a shame. Sure there are many reasons to why this is happening: the economic barrier, racism in terms of selecting job applicants (which we learned about in class), racism in terms of housing, and just simple and pure people being racist (as we have seen in the 20/20 video in class: sure, the clerk was being religiously bias, but I’m 99.9% sure a few African Americans still get denied service every day in the United States). I only hope that for the future that it will go back to the way in the 1970’s, in terms of being less segregated. I feel that racism will be an ongoing topic until the human population dies out—it’s just a fact in life, humans always try to out do the other. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:28:39 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/04/14/what-does-it-say-about-our-society-if-schools-are-more-segregated-now-than-in-the-1970s-119-blog/#IDComment143154665 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/has-the-class-on-the-needy-penis-made-you-uncomfortable-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139208425 I honestly believe that I learned so much from this class, while feeling rather uncomfortable during some parts of the conversation. Overall, it was a very interesting lecture, not only due to the fact that Sam Richards and his wife, Laurie, were blunt about the “real problems” that no one talks about (like how they always are) and also makes the audience members very uncomfortable- but what made me extremely uncomfortable was how females are very influenced to when it comes to trying to appeal to be very attractive to men- even if it means putting on uncomfortable three inch high heels. Let us continue on with the high heels example. The first picture that they showed (if my memory serves me correctly) was of a simple girl wearing heels while walking down the street. Simple, average, day-to-day—in other words, completely normal. The second picture they showed was of a woman in the Middle East wearing a long shirt, a hijab, and heels that showed under her skirt – not a typical image of what women wear in the Middle East, but hey! The pictures that they share on the news are skewed anyways to the troubles in life – but overall, pretty normal. But then, Sam & Leslie showed the third picture. YIKES! As soon as I saw it, I grabbed my heels, re-assuring myself that I hardly ever wear anything like that. What the picture was of was essentially what women do to their feet when they wear heels. It had a women’s feet in the tip toe position, and a metal rod was holding up the heel – it almost looked like a nail was digging into the models feet. After my brain recovered from that mental image of a nail going through my heel, I realized that was essentially what happens to a heal when a girl wears high heels. Shocked, asked myself why this is okay with society...and then I realized, as stated earlier on in the lecture, the world is controlled by men. Men decided what essentially what is or was popular, and they endorse their idea of what a women should wear by using “the ideal female” model (who’s probably a size zero with no skin blemishes and with at least a D or C breast size cup) to model what makes them have pleasurable sexual arousal....in other words, an erection. SO, overall, that made me feel uncomfortable, the fact that women cannot wear what is comfortable without having society influence their decision. Once again, this is the rule, there are always exceptions....and maybe after this class, more and more women may be the exception. This class (along with previous influences) has reinforced the idea of me needing to be comfortable in my own skin, and then finding a partner who will accept men for who I am personally & physically am. Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:08:17 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/31/has-the-class-on-the-needy-penis-made-you-uncomfortable-and-why-119-blog/#IDComment139208425 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/22/for-the-white-females-would-you-ever-date-a-black-guy-119-blog/#IDComment137598804 OH MY GOSH I TOTALLY & WITH OUT A DOUBT WOULD! But if you would have asked me the same question a few years ago, I might have honestly (and sadly) said no. You see, when I was little, I had this picture in bedded in my mind that African American men are always the one getting arrested, always the one selling drugs, always the one stealing private property, or always the one ending up in jail. But as soon as I started a public middle school (not elementary school, I went to an all white private catholic school...whomp whomp), I started noticing the “color barrier” – at first, I was hesitant because I never really worked one on one with an African American on a school project or homework before, but as I started to break down the barrier, I realized they were the same person I was and shared the same characteristic, likes, dislikes, and other interests that I had. And then came the awkward high school years, I actually developed quite the crush on one of my African American friends – but sadly, he ended up liking someone else. But alas, I got over it. But while going through this whole puppy love crush that I had, I had also broken down the color barrier in my love life, I guess you could say. I became more open to ideas of mixed relationships, and other people having mixed relationships. While I came over my relationship barrier, many other people of my race (and other races) have not. Now, people have their reasons and opinions, and I’m all for it. But when it comes down to it, only .01% creates THE DIFFERENCE EVERYONE SEES! I feel like people need to know that before they come out and say that. Like honestly, only .01% creates the difference!!!! Just reflect on that for a while...it’s wild. That .01% has created racism, slavery, and wars...just because their skin is different—it’s just crazy to think about. But also, another big issue, as I have said before, people are influenced by the people who helped raise them to become adults – and I’m not just talking about parents, I’m also talking about teachers, older cousins, aunts, uncles, your friends parents, and other caretakers. All of them can say a sly remark that will shape your opinion for the future. While you were growing up, you’ve probably heard negative statements towards various races (including your own), and those statements can influence your future opinions about people. Thankfully for us, we’ve learned to come over these stereotypes and racist remarks through this class, and even for our generations, we’ve learned to become more accepting than other previous generations. Hopefully, one can only think that mixed races will become more accepted, as we grow older...but as for our class, we can be the people to start embracing this. Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:08:11 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/22/for-the-white-females-would-you-ever-date-a-black-guy-119-blog/#IDComment137598804 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135958039 The first time I watched this video a few years a go, it shocked me -- but as I watched it again in SOC this year, I feel as if it shocked me in a different way than before. As I watched it this time, with everything else that I have previously learned in this class, I felt a sense of shame. I felt guilty. But then it occurred to me, WHY do I feel guilty and WHY do I feel shameful, when I know that I didn’t influence the children’s decisions. Then, it hit me, every cartoon I watched as a kid had no African Americans in it, whenever I heard of African Americans, it was always referred them (the African Americans) in a derogatory way, and I honestly didn’t know that much about African Americans at the innocent age of five or six. If I were one of those children, I would probably pick the white baby doll because I was never really exposed to African Americans. Likewise, if I had to choose whether the white baby doll or the black baby doll was the better one, I would probably pick the black baby doll because I did not associate with that ethnicity when I was little (mind you, I went to a private catholic pre school, in which the majority of the children went onto the private catholic elementary school after they accomplished their pre schooling). I just think it is an absolute shame that the African American children picked the white baby doll as the good one the majority of the time, and then picked the black baby doll as the bad one the majority of the time. When the experimenter asked why they picked the black baby doll as the bad one, their faces killed me – they realized that they have picked their own race as the “bad” one...without really knowing the reason why. But then, the question would be, once again, why did they pick their own race as the bad baby doll? In class, a few people spoke up to answer this query. One girl, from what I remember, said that her parents bought her certain hair products or clothing to make her more white than African American. Flabbergasted, I looked at my friend, and she gave me the exact same gaze of confusion and shocked-ness. As I began to ponder this, another, rather humanitarian question, popped in my head: how did we let the people in the world do this? Was it about politics? Religion? Personal power? And ever since that class, I’ve honestly been in deep thought about.....everything. This video has changed my mind like no other. So if someone is actually reading my post, I just want you to know, whether African American, Asian, Indian, Jewish, Catholic, Anagostic, or Atheist...you are all beautiful in my eyes – please, don’t ever, ever change. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:06:49 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/18/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-video-119-blog/#IDComment135958039 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/do-people-feel-guilt-about-their-current-positions-when-knowing-about-the-disadvantages-of-the-freed-slaves-119-blog/#IDComment134263729 Even before I watched the video about racism for the exam, I knew that the newly freed slaves, after the war, were not treated well by new found neighbours, the government, or their new bosses (in other words, their former owners). But also, at the time, the white southerners just had their economy ruined due to a terrible civil war, so they weren’t happy. But otherwise, what the United States government and citizens of the Caucasian persuasion did a horrible job of pretty much cutting off previous African American slaves from ever getting a well deserved lifestyle. After watching that video and seeing the pictures, videos, and hearing what relatives of the family members who struggled after the Civil War, I now feel more guilt than I did before. The reason for this guilt is because the pictures depicted the living conditions that these freed slaves had to live in after they were in slavery – and seeing the pictures, the living conditions, what they were wearing, and even what they were doing while the picture was taken was almost the same as when they were in slavery. It just makes you think, “Why are they being treated like this?” or even, “Are the conditions worse that they lived in while they were free, and the conditions that they lived in were better when they were slaves?” – it just stirs a lot of questions in your brain. For example, obviously they did not deserve to live in those conditions, and the government even promised 2 acres and a mule to a free slave family, but why did that plan never follow through? Weren’t there people in congress who claimed to be fighting for African American rights? What would Fredrick Douglas say about their conditions? Was he disappointed after the war? No one single American really knows (unless you’re a historian, or study history for fun) because no one single American WANTS to know (or even come to terms/accept) what crimes their ancestors committed against the freed slaves. But as I feel with our generation, especially in this class, we WANT to know what we did. Our generation has become more accepting of other ethnicities compared to our great grandparents, grandparents, and even parents. So I feel like we feel a lot more guilty compared to previous generations. But one question now that I assume can haunt any white man or woman is what can we do to prevent anything like this ever again? Well, becoming more informed about slavery in today’s world is a way to prevent this from happening. For example, hardly anyone in the United States knows that in today’s world, slavery is more prominent than ever before in human history. Why are we so ignorant to this issue? I’ll probably address this again in a few weeks... Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:17:24 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/03/02/do-people-feel-guilt-about-their-current-positions-when-knowing-about-the-disadvantages-of-the-freed-slaves-119-blog/#IDComment134263729 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/24/how-do-you-feel-about-the-poor-white-society-and-who-are-you-more-likely-to-help-119-blog/#IDComment130755637 Ironically, the video Sam showed in class was the same video I watched last year in my sociology class in high school. What’s even more interesting, my opinion has changed within a year about Tammy and other people in her position. Last year, I believed that Tammy was a bit lazy, and that if she wanted to “better herself”, she would have. I also did not comprehend why she would have four children if she knew she would not be able to support them (let alone, clean her house). But as of this past summer, my views about people who are in similar situations to Tammy changed due to an encounter I had. I was at a family reunion and met some relatives that I have never met before. When I first glanced over at them, I saw that they were, as some would say (and even similar to the redneck games video we watched), redneck. As I asked my cousin if they were related to us (literally, I thought they were just crashing), one of them came over and started talking to my cousin like they were best friend – I just sat there and observed their conversation. After the girl left, I asked my cousin who, specifically, are they. My cousin said that their (as in the family) Father was laid off when a Ford plant was shut down. Before it was shut down, he was a security guard there (so he didn’t make too much money doing that), and no one has hired them since. And she said that the wife worked at McDonalds. I felt bad after I found out the information because I realized that I had no prior knowledge when I first “labelled” them. So, as I was sitting in sociology yesterday, I had a different interpretation of Tammy and white lower class: I became more sympathetic towards their status and pitied their children because I knew they would not have the same education, activities, and privileges as me. So yes, I do sympathize with people in Tammy’s position, but would I come as close to giving them $100 for spending? Probably not. As Sam said about the woman in Haiti, I would feel guilty because I would then not be able to give $100 to similar families in a surrounding county. Regardless, if I could go help them out for a day cleaning their house (or toilets off their property), I gladly would. And as a side note, the husband of that family at the reunion found a new job, working 40 hours a week and providing for his family even more than he had before. Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:35:43 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/24/how-do-you-feel-about-the-poor-white-society-and-who-are-you-more-likely-to-help-119-blog/#IDComment130755637 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/08/are-you-a-liberal-or-a-conservative-119-blog/#IDComment127460365 To be honest, I always see my self as an independent. But after taking several online quizzes, from the averages I got, I am either centralist, leaning more towards liberal, or a bleeding heart liberal. I feel that both answers are pretty accurate for me, but if you would need more of an insight, here are my viewpoints: I do not support the death penalty. I feel that it violates all human rights and no human deserves to be put through that (not to mention, it even seems like a cheap way out- if you do the crime, you have to pay the fine). When it comes to the debate over gay rights, I believe that gay couples should have the same legal rights and marital rights as straight couples. The environment? Simple. I feel that we should focus more of our spending on finding new eco-friendly ways of producing green energy- it (in the long run) would be healthier for the general population and the environment (for example: the debate in drilling in Alaska). Speaking of health, I believe that health care should be offered to everyone: it is not a privilege; it is, indeed, a right. I also feel, in regards to helping the unfortunate, I believe that we should spend more money spending on them rather than spending on the military. I also believe that the educational system is completely corrupt, due drop out rate of inner-city schools compared to suburb schools- or even comparing the races of the people who drop out: whatever the statistics are, this problem needs to be fixed because these students are the future. A part that makes me a centralist is my ideals on gun control. I believe that guns are great for hunting, but gun owners need to have (at the least) a clearance to own a gun. Also, I believe in small town shops, locally grown veggies and fruits-also known as supporting the local economy: I’m not a big fan of world-wide (or just nation-wide) retailers, they are just a bunch of big business men who care about getting rich (with obviously a few exceptions). You will hardly ever find me in a Wal-mart or J C Penny shopping (Wal-mart for sure); instead, you’ll see me at the farmers market instead of a grocery store, CC Peppers instead of Subway, or Saint’s Café instead of Starbuck. Also, along the lines of food, I believe that the FDA needs to be harsher in regards to their meat inspection: there are WAY too many injected meats in today’s meat packages (which is why you will hardly ever see me eat meat... tofu all the way!). So you be the judge, am I a bleeding heart liberal? Or am I centralized person, leaning more towards liberal? Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:49:08 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/08/are-you-a-liberal-or-a-conservative-119-blog/#IDComment127460365 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/01/interpreting-names-for-people-of-one-race-who-act-like-another/#IDComment125749561 First of all, I dislike intensely when people talk about this whole “black people trying to act white”, “white people acting so asian”, ect- they are all acting how they want to act-whether you see it as if they are acting fake or not. I think it boils down to pressure put on by media and society. Think of this: in most beer commercials that involve women and are aired in today’s television- most of the women tend to be white, there are some black, but no asians. Here’s another: think of a Hollister commercial or a Abercrombie & Fitch commercial, the majority of the models used are white (even less blacks than beer commercials with girls). Asians are stuck with broader market commercials such as Target, Wal Mart, or even J C Penny (“less fashionable” to today’s teenagers and young adults). SO what I’m trying to say is that I feel like some minorities feel pressured to dress and act like the “superior” white race due to the amount of white models companies use to promote their products. So here’s a senario: a young fifteen-year-old asian is looking around the mall to buy some clothes for shopping. Prior to going, she looks online at all of the stores she’s thinking of shopping at and while she looks at all of the clothes, she notices that all of the models that the companies use are white. So she goes to the store, she buys the clothes she saw online, and then she wears them to school. She’s looking great! She’s wearing the brand new style for the season, she feels great, and she’s not (consciously) dressing like how an asian would normally because she’s wearing outfits that were meant for white women (according to the add, at least). She was made fun of and called a “twinkie” because the girls (who were white) were saying that she was trying to be white, trying to be better than the “rest” of the asians in the school. Obviously, this is just a scenario, and you might even say I’m wrong, but this same scenario happened to my friend who was born in South Korea then moved to the United States when she was eleven. There are probably dozens of other reasons why people call people “winkies” or “oreos”, and they will probably be answered within these responses. I believe that people should dress to represent how they feel, and don’t base it off race (or even gender); wear what you like, and I’ll wear what I like-no saying that I’m trying to be black or asian, I’m just being myself thank you. People should not have to dress in accordance with their race; they should express themselves personally through what they wear. Thu, 3 Feb 2011 19:57:39 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/02/01/interpreting-names-for-people-of-one-race-who-act-like-another/#IDComment125749561 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/27/what-does-the-confederate-flag-mean-to-you-119-blog/#IDComment124445444 Ah, the glorious debate over the controversial Confederate flag. I cannot begin to tell anyone how much I have heard this topic being debated on numerous occasions in my high school (and from what I hear from my high school friends, still even today-funny how things never fade away). At my high school my freshman year, a girl wrote in the school newspaper about how the southern flag possesses different meanings to many people, as Sam said in class. She stated that the majority of “rednecks’” or “hicks” believe that the Confederate flag represents that the south will rise again; that the once prosperous land will regain its stature of what it once was. On the other hand, she also wrote that there was a small group within the “rednecks”/”hicks” that did sport the Confederate flag on their car, body (via tattoo, of course), or flew the flag because it did represent slavery. She wrote something along the lines of some people are just flat out racist, and you cannot change them, no matter how hard anyone tried. Obviously, many students (and faculty, too) wrote in the school news paper in the editorial section bashing what she wrote, saying that wearing the confederate flag should be abolished in the school because what it’s associated with (interestingly enough, they actually compared it with the Nazi swastika-claiming that no one would be caught wearing it due to what it is associated with). What ended up happening was they held a healthy (and regulated) all-school “debate” with all of the students and faculty, giving different view points on the whole system and then had the student government elected to vote on whether they should make it illegal to wear the Confederate flag to school. The vote was 19 yes and one no. My whole view on what happened in the school was complete nonsense, because they blew the whole event out of proportion. This overall debate of the true meaning of the confederate flag is a very emotional subject to many people; for some people, it is a way to honor their great great grandfathers who fought heroically for the south to defend the southern lifestyle; as for others, it represents the cruelty of what African American enslaved people endured for 150+ years. Both camps have strong viewpoints and to be honest, this topic I am on the fence about. With having relatives in the south who have ties to Dixieland and then having best friends who are black, I become lost in the debate over the whole argument between heritage verses racism and southern pride verses civil rights. I’m currently studying the Civil War this semester (and have been reading Civil War history text books my whole life, too), and this same debate comes up with students regarding this issue: is it ok to support the confederate flag? I’ll just leave it as this (which I guess is my current view point): I support...no, I like the confederate flag because it spurs and interesting debate every time it is talked about (so I guess in other words, I remain neutral). But overall, the confederate flag means (to me) an interesting (and never ceasing) debate over heritage and how it offends people; it's an interesting debate that both have very emotional strong viewpoints. Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:05:18 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/27/what-does-the-confederate-flag-mean-to-you-119-blog/#IDComment124445444 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/14/why-do-we-still-have-stereotypes-blog-1/#IDComment122904887 Interestingly enough, I studied stereotypes last year for a psychology project. From all of the information I gathered from several studies ranging from high school observations to statistical data of what ethnicities most police officers question, all answers point towards the same (or similar) conclusions- we judge people on their initial appearance, which results in stereotyping and putting people in to categories based off of their appearance and ethnicity. I’m not necessarily saying that stereotypes are a good thing; I’m saying that stereotypes are a necessary evil. What I mean is that it’s something humans do uncontrollably whether we like it or not. A theory behind why we stereotype goes back to basic instinct- if something that scares you or that you believe is not good, you move away from it. An example of when this is used today is when babies are afraid of strangers-they do not recognize the person; therefore, they are afraid of the person. Also, the portrayal of stereotypes in the media and popular television shows makes stereotypes more available on the tip of the tongue when speaking. With shows like “You’re Cut Off”, “Sweet Sixteen”, and “Orange County Housewives”, they portray white women as prissy little rich girls who get whatever they want (which is farther from the truth, at least in my case). Or at the other end of the spectrum, shows like “Jersey Shore” portray Italians as tan-skinned, alcoholic, drama-filled people. Sadly, people take these observations of these people and apply them to people who live in their hometown-who are probably in reality nothing like them. Some people might ask how do we get rid of this whole judging-a-book-by-its-cover idea, I believe that no one can. What some people do (or strive to do) is make the initial judgment and then learn more about the person to gain a better understanding of who they are. But, as I learned in psychology, the first impression will be with you forever, and when you think about the person, their first impression will come to your mind first, and then a few milliseconds later, the other information you learned about the person will come into your head. Another important factor is that there are many different stereotypes people know. Sunny Sally from Tallahassee, Florida might have one view of a stereotype (she might agree with them, or have a different definition of them), than Joe Shmoe from Salem, Oregon has. As I said earlier, stereotypes are a necessary evil that exist in today’s world, they have existed for 1,000+ years, and will most likely be here for a while. Everyone whishes for a world similar to how John Lennon illustrated in his song, “Imagine”, but sadly, due to various view points and government styles throughout the world, this goal of no stereotypes cannot be attained. Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:56:19 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/14/why-do-we-still-have-stereotypes-blog-1/#IDComment122904887 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/10/last-name-%e2%80%9cr%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-intense-debate/#IDComment121988172 SOC 119 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 01:23:59 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2011/01/10/last-name-%e2%80%9cr%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-intense-debate/#IDComment121988172