In response to the video ad for anti terrorism, first I have to question is this a real video for a political run? All three videos are just plain wrong, and have obviously been put together by a very ignorant person. Stereotyping in our country already exists but to advertise the racial profiling all people in the airport is a lude crime.
Stereotyping in my opinion can be quite harmful, in more ways than one. I think its safe to assume that many people have been stereotyped in their lives in one way or another. Being classified as a stereotype can be harmful to your self esteem (if its a bad or hurtful stereotype). As a member of a sorority for four years I face the typical stereotype of needing to "buy" my friends, being stupid, or slutty... These are hurtful things that many people face in similar situations everyday. They are becoming greater a problem with younger more vulnerable people, many teen suicide rates have increased especially among those of the teen gay community. These tragic stereotypes can turn deadly when peers at school taunt teens with them. The question is can we crush these stereotypes that exist?
When we discussed the terms gender blind, colorblind, and class blind my belief is that if we as the individuals worked hard to eliminate how we view people based on prior judgments these stereotypes them eventually we could become a colorblind, gender blind, class blind community.
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