Labeling, Is stereotyping fair? |
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Labeling, Is stereotyping fair? |
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Calling someone a goth or punk or prep or goody-two-shoes, etc. Is it really fair to judge people? Or is it just an organized classification of people that could fall in those catagories? Is it fair to say that all are the same? Is it being racist in any way? Please post your opinions.
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i think labeling is ok in this case: some people that bitch about labeling (im not saying you are) that DO dress in all black, have blue hair and multiple facial pericings deserve it. HELLO!! If you wear things like that and look like an idiot, you deserve to be labeled an idiot.
But its natural, and we mainly bring it on ourselves. All of us that shop at AF and Hollister and AE, we are preps. I cant think right now... |
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![]() My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 ![]() |
QUOTE(OriskybusinessO @ Feb 20 2005, 3:00 PM) i think labeling is ok in this case: some people that bitch about labeling (im not saying you are) that DO dress in all black, have blue hair and multiple facial pericings deserve it. HELLO!! If you wear things like that and look like an idiot, you deserve to be labeled an idiot. But its natural, and we mainly bring it on ourselves. All of us that shop at AF and Hollister and AE, we are preps. I cant think right now... ... What the hell? People who dress in all black, have blue hair or multiple facial piercings aren't idiots o_o; You can't call someone an idiot because of what they look like. That's really unfair and that was the whole topic of debate. Judging someone by how they dress, etc is unfair. I guess it's okay to label as a reflex and as just a quick assumption. But I don't think it's fair to stereotype as all goths smoke and cut and all preps are stupid and dimwitted blondes. QUOTE(OriskybusinessO @ Feb 22 2005, 10:15 AM) ...people think they're up to no good just because of how they look... well maybe they should stop dressing like fools, get themselves a suit or something and get a real job. there's many jobs for people who look a certain way. yes, there are, and then again where would we be without them? Who would work at all of the mcdonalds in the world? And all of thoese other minimum wage stores for the rest of their lives? And please dont tell me 'well maybe they want to live that way, and they are happy without having money' well, the truth is they arent, they arent happy struggling to live, wondering if they'll have enough food stamps left. No one is happy like that. I have not seen a single person dressing in all black, etc working for a McDonalds or cleaning the toilets or doing any uneducated minimum wage job. I have however seen people like that getting rich and leading extremely successful lives like Slayer, Good Charlotte, Metallica, Simple Plan, Green Day. It's complicated and it takes a lot of hard work traveling and performing all around the world. And it takes intelligence to be able to master an instrument and they do have musical talent. I dress in all black and would fall into your category of "idiot" and I won my school spelling bee and I'm the 11th best speller in the 35,000 kids of the district. I play violin and piano and I've gotten many art awards. And some people just like the style. Alright, that just sums up everything I've wanted to say for the last 30 posts. |
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