ASIAN STEREOTYPES!, i need help. |
 May 25 2009, 12:22 PM
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So in my Psychology class I'm doing a project on Asian Stereotypes.
Where did these stereotypes begin? Like: 1 Where did the sterotype of Asians being horrible drivers come from? 2 Where did the whole "Asians are excellent in math" come from? 3 All asians are smart? etc etc etc. & how could I, if it were possible, go back into the past & change these? Help me out please? |
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May 25 2009, 03:51 PM
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Stereotypes aren't all bad... they help people make quick generalizations and categorizations. Say there are zero stereotypes; your brain would be on overdrive trying to place everything in its right place simultaneously.
Anyway, I don't have any real idea of how these Asian stereotypes were formed, but I strongly believe that the self-fulfilling prophecy has a lot to do with spreading them. Non-Asians directly and indirectly push these beliefs onto the Asians (eg. treating them like they're math geniuses), and Asians gain meta-stereotypes (ie. beliefs regarding stereotype others hold about them), causing them to work towards that stereotype. Y'know? |
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CO0KiE ASIAN STEREOTYPES! May 25 2009, 12:22 PM
BamBamBoogie Im pretty sure this isn't the answer you'r... May 25 2009, 12:31 PM
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southeast asia... May 25 2009, 04:42 PM jcp What about the stereotype "all asians are hot... May 25 2009, 07:51 PM ArjunaCapulong QUOTE(jcp @ May 25 2009, 08:51 PM) What a... May 25 2009, 07:53 PM jcp QUOTE(ArjunaCapulong @ May 25 2009, 07:53... May 25 2009, 08:17 PM reupONtrees dog tastes good May 25 2009, 07:56 PM The-Abominable-Cpillar I dont like the chinese, they bomb our pearl harbo... May 25 2009, 08:08 PM ArjunaCapulong you are so zany
QUOTE(reupONtrees @ May 25 2... May 25 2009, 08:20 PM squeakygirl I think the all asians are smart came fromhow most... May 25 2009, 08:22 PM Uronacid QUOTE(CO0KiE @ May 25 2009, 01:22 PM) So ... May 26 2009, 10:33 AM doughnut asians arent well, bad drivers. i live in asia, it... May 26 2009, 10:45 AM WarMachine QUOTE(doughnut @ May 26 2009, 11:45 AM) a... May 26 2009, 02:48 PM reupONtrees thing is, you kinda have to be a bad driver in asi... May 26 2009, 03:10 PM Gigi Asians are stereotyped as being better at math bec... May 26 2009, 03:31 PM reupONtrees nurture May 26 2009, 03:32 PM ArjunaCapulong wish I was born in China so I could acquire some m... May 26 2009, 04:59 PM Mikeplyts What about the Asian stereotype of asians having s... May 26 2009, 05:02 PM doughnut nah. May 27 2009, 05:09 AM Mikeplyts QUOTE(doughnut @ May 27 2009, 06:09 AM) h... May 27 2009, 02:54 PM trinityskyz QUOTE(CO0KiE @ May 25 2009, 09:22 AM) So ... May 31 2009, 03:08 PM reupONtrees QUOTE(trinityskyz @ May 31 2009, 01:08 PM... May 31 2009, 08:01 PM Gigi ^ If I'm gonna go by Malcolm Gladwell (and I w... May 31 2009, 03:49 PM XDressedToKill I'm not sure if it's just a stereotype any... May 31 2009, 09:36 PM |
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