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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the problem of stereotyping and the impacts of institutionalized racism. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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the identification of Blacks as lazy, unproductive criminals has existed as a prevalent stereotype, enough so that some have turned to embrace this identification rather than constantly challenging this racist
view. Stereotyping, then, can play a significant role in creating condemning self-fulfilling prophecies. Stereotyping is powerful in maintaining the control of a dominant culture over the subcultures
in a community. In the United States, for example, the use of stereotyping has become a mechanism for supporting a racist paradigm for governmental and social control, while also
maintaining cultural separation for Blacks, Hispanic and Asian Americans. In countries like Kenya, where there are a number of subcultures (Pakistani, African, Indian, and Arab). The separation of
the groups and identification with common stereotypes often defines the premise of subculture division and supports racist practices. Acceptability in conjunction with stereotyping creates a racist environment that propagates
the self-fulfilling prophecy. Stereotyping Stereotypes based on gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and demographic determinants are the most common types
in the modern culture. Both gender and cultural (including ethnic) divisions are the most commonly noted components of stereotyping, and theorists have argued that stereotyping is a social component
that defines segmentation and the power of one definable group over another. Understanding elements of gender bias, cultural stereotyping and the motivations behind these stereotypes provides a beneficial means
of understanding interpersonal conflict and socialization based on stereotyping. Stereotypes are inherently linked to the concept of relativism, which has been applied both in support for and in opposition
of unity and tolerance among people of different cultures. Individuals have maintained that cultural relativism supports the notion that an individuals actions reflect those of a culture, and therefore
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