Comments on: Are people pressured into believing racial stereotypes? http://magazine.teenhut.net/general/52-are-people-pressured-into-believing-racial-stereotypes.html A New Article Everyday Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:59:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: caio and leonardo http://magazine.teenhut.net/general/52-are-people-pressured-into-believing-racial-stereotypes.html#comment-6057 caio and leonardo Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:55:34 +0000 http://magazine.teenhut.net/general/52-are-people-pressured-into-believing-racial-stereotypes.html#comment-6057 Sir David is absolutely right in my opinion. Most of the times, a person doesn't actually thinks like that, this stereotypical way. But it feels forced to think like that, you know? So he or she can me accepted by the society. Nowadays, It's kind of hard to express your true thoughts. It's not about some kind of political opression, but it's about our own friends. More and more, you start thinking that way too. Sir David is absolutely right in my opinion.
Most of the times, a person doesn’t actually thinks like that, this stereotypical way. But it feels forced to think like that, you know? So he or she can me accepted by the society.

Nowadays, It’s kind of hard to express your true thoughts. It’s not about some kind of political opression, but it’s about our own friends. More and more, you start thinking that way too.

]]> By: David Kantonix Manfreddy http://magazine.teenhut.net/general/52-are-people-pressured-into-believing-racial-stereotypes.html#comment-1628 David Kantonix Manfreddy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:42:38 +0000 http://magazine.teenhut.net/general/52-are-people-pressured-into-believing-racial-stereotypes.html#comment-1628 That people are individuals capable of making decisions placing them outside of any 'stereotype' is a real insight. Unfortunately most people (teens or otherwise) actively look for some sort of group affiliation if only for an image to present that identifies them at a glance. We live in an image obsessed society. One that is actively promoted by every form of media (especially television as it's essentially a visual medium) and perhaps to a lesser extent by radio (through stereotypical music and advertising) or magazines through (also through advertising designed to target the widest audience). While people may be capable of breaking free from what used to be a much more subtle sort of social engineering it probably isn't going to happen anytime soon. People of all ages like to identify with one group or another. An easy to identify image not only helps others arrive at easy and quick conclusions about them (acceptance/rejection/fear) but it gives a supposed individual an off the rack costume and self image as well. It's easy and saves a lazy consumer the trouble of having to use their imagination or come up with something that really suits them. The advertising media treats people and groups as stereotypes and so if people want to be accepted they look for an image they feel comfortable with. In a little while they can talk the talk and walk the walk that goes so well with their new uniform. The consumer is happy because he/she doesn't have to know themselves at all to present a typical and convincing falsified persona. Advertisers are happy because now they have a walking talking billboard for their client's products and everybody the pseudo-stereotype encounters is happy because the media has already told them everything they need to know about this 'individual's' beliefs through the magic of music videos, magazines, sitcoms... Life is wonderful and everyone knows where they belong. Yay! Breaking free of stereotypical illusions will require insight from the consumers who perpetuate the lie. That people are individuals capable of making decisions placing them outside of any ’stereotype’ is a real insight. Unfortunately most people (teens or otherwise) actively look for some sort of group affiliation if only for an image to present that identifies them at a glance. We live in an image obsessed society. One that is actively promoted by every form of media (especially television as it’s essentially a visual medium) and perhaps to a lesser extent by radio (through stereotypical music and advertising) or magazines through (also through advertising designed to target the widest audience).

While people may be capable of breaking free from what used to be a much more subtle sort of social engineering it probably isn’t going to happen anytime soon. People of all ages like to identify with one group or another. An easy to identify image not only helps others arrive at easy and quick conclusions about them (acceptance/rejection/fear) but it gives a supposed individual an off the rack costume and self image as well. It’s easy and saves a lazy consumer the trouble of having to use their imagination or come up with something that really suits them.

The advertising media treats people and groups as stereotypes and so if people want to be accepted they look for an image they feel comfortable with. In a little while they can talk the talk and walk the walk that goes so well with their new uniform. The consumer is happy because he/she doesn’t have to know themselves at all to present a typical and convincing falsified persona. Advertisers are happy because now they have a walking talking billboard for their client’s products and everybody the pseudo-stereotype encounters is happy because the media has already told them everything they need to know about this ‘individual’s’ beliefs through the magic of music videos, magazines, sitcoms… Life is wonderful and everyone knows where they belong. Yay!

Breaking free of stereotypical illusions will require insight from the consumers who perpetuate the lie.

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