Bergen Evans What is a stereotype Over simplified generalization about a group To label and entire group as having the same characteristics or behaviors What do you think of when you hear Jock illegal alien physicist biker feminist small town farmer ID: 551348
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The three great strategies for obscuring an issue are to introduce irrelevancies, to arouse prejudice, and to excite ridicule.
Bergen EvansSlide2
What is a stereotype?
Over simplified generalization about a group. To label and entire group as having the same characteristics or behaviors.
What do you think of when you hear:
Jock, illegal alien, physicist, biker, feminist, small town farmerSlide3
Read the phrases below . . .
Paris in the
The Spring
Once in a
A Lifetime
A Bird in the
The HandSlide4
Stereotypes
How are they developed?
Danger of a single story . . .
How do we combat this in our students?Slide5
What is prejudice?
Literally to “prejudge”
Strong opinions, feelings, attitudes formed about people simply because they are of a specific race, religion, gender, background or because they look or speak in a certain way.
Think, ink, pair share on article . . .Slide6
Overt Discrimination
In 2005, law enforcement agencies reports that there were 8,804 victims of hate crimes.
2006 – 9,652
2008 – 9,683
2011 – 7,294
The author of the article says we need to worry about hidden bias, why?Slide7
How do children learn bias?
Observing what people around them do, think and say
Learned through blatant or subtle messages
Susceptible to biases of groups they know little about, are segregated from, or are different thanSlide8
What can educators do?
Boost children’s self acceptance
Films and other media can be used to improve attitudes between groups
Social contact between groups
The amount of time spent learning about a group is directly related to reduction in prejudice
Creating a climate that fosters open discussion of negative feelings can encourage a change to more positive attitudesUnderstanding the process of prejudice and stereotyping can lead to more accepting attitudes