Sunday, January 3, 2010


Question #2: One instance of negative stereotypes is when the store owner was told he was and acted like a crazy middle eastern person and he was an Indian man. Another part of the movie where there was negative stereotyping was used was when the white women leaned in toward her husband when they where walking past ludicris and his buddy.

Question #3: When Terrence was talking to ludacris ,“You embarrass me; you embarrass yourself.” he was implying that it was because they were both the same race. He said this because ludicris had tried to car-jack him and Terrence kept driving until he got pulled over. Ludicris understood that how he was living his life was because he used the racism to justify his own actions of acting out like that.


Question #4: I think some people see the whole race of an individual instead of just the individual because these people aren't highly exposed to a plethora of individuals of any given race which they were focused upon. When this happens people have the choice to use the race as a place to put their feelings toward their limited knowledge of that individual and/or race.


Question #5: I think it is completely natural to be racist under the impression that limited cultural exposure and that competition among humans is normal. That way any type of society (team, country, organization) represented by a specific race can have misplaced feelings toward that specific race.


Question #6:You're born a race, and culture is learned. If your culture believes they are better than other people based on race. Race is just a persons breed, how their ancestors had evolved based on their living conditions and mates. People generalize how their entire race acts based on how their own family acts. The family is a main source of information for an individual so all information, true or untrue, circulating in a family isn't always questioned.

Question #7: We can't end racism, no. Over time though racism might extinguish. Perhaps if enough multi-cultured individuals existed, more people taught cultural tolerance, and also looked down upon racism without pointing fingers when someone does something promoting rasicm.

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