This weekend I was chatting with a friend about stereotypes and how annoying they are. Then she said: "Do stereotypes have history?"
Everybody knows that there are a bevy of stereotypes within each race, but we usually aren't aware of the historical context they possess. So I've decided to make a mini-series about stereotypes where I will talk about particular stereotype and the history behind it.
Now, why am I doing this? I'm doing this because, as I've said on many occasions, it is important to educate our society about these things. If people aren't aware and educated on certain topics, they have the ability to unknowingly offend others.
As Carl Rogers said, "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn to change". ;)
Everybody knows that there are a bevy of stereotypes within each race, but we usually aren't aware of the historical context they possess. So I've decided to make a mini-series about stereotypes where I will talk about particular stereotype and the history behind it.
Now, why am I doing this? I'm doing this because, as I've said on many occasions, it is important to educate our society about these things. If people aren't aware and educated on certain topics, they have the ability to unknowingly offend others.
As Carl Rogers said, "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn to change". ;)