Stereotypes and Labels: Racial Discrimination Articles - Racism Against Blacks, Asians & More
Research findings, reporting incidents, personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary that illustrate the pervasive beliefs, the use and harmful effects of labels, stereotypes, slurs, and derogatory slang in contemporary society.
April 19th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This folkloric nugget of wisdom can be turned around into a different nugget of wisdom: Sometimes it takes a child to raise the village. In the case of Salva Dut, one of the original Lost Boys of the Sudan, he is raising his village out of the mire of disease, poverty, and limited education.A quarter-century ago, at age 11, Salva Dut, a member of the Dinka...
March 23rd, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Two cents. That was why the line remained motionless. A young African-American mother glanced nervously over the items just scanned. Her wide-eyed toddler strapped into the shopping cart sensed his mother’s tension and began to display the same worried expression. Her two elementary school-aged daughters, with tightly braded pigtails held on to the shopping cart as probably instructed by their...
February 17th, 2011
Written by Chris Benguhe in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
Ambrosio, my lawn guy, is the antithesis of a lazy Mexican snoozing in the sun with a striped serape on his shoulder and huge sombrero shading his head. He and his compatriots work long and hard in the sizzling Arizona sun, sweating bullets as they push a lawn mower and trim towering palm trees.But last week Ambrosio didn’t show up. The last I heard, he had headed back to Mexico to escape the...
January 11th, 2011
Written by James Patrick Anderson in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
What’s in a label? “ADHD,” “ADD,” “Tea Party Favorite.” Do you have a label? Do you know what it is? Moreover, how do you feel about your label? Do you only like to wear labels? Labels like, “Polo,” “Izod,” or a host of others we could name. How do these labels make you feel?Do they make you feel, “sheik,” “sophisticated?” Labels can tip the scales in a positive manner or a negative one. They...
December 30th, 2010
Written by Rita Cook in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
There are many different religions in the world and not all celebrate Christmas. Even more to the point, not all folks who celebrate Christmas even believe in, or celebrate the fact that December 25 was Jesus Christ’s birthday. In an article written by Melanie L. Marten on November 2007, Pagen Roots, she says, “The fact that some Christmas symbology was borrowed from pagan religions seems...
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