Stereotyping Is Inevitable, By James Baldwin - 1717 Words

Stereotyping is inevitable, we all do it ad we all experience it, but this does not mean it does not effect us. Stereotypes are all around us. They effect the way we think about ourselves and the way we think about the people around us. Stereotyping leads us to act certain ways and treat people certain ways. At times it can be beneficial to a certain group, but may bring many disadvantages to others. Many times stereotypes limit us and restricting our success in life. In â€Å"A Letter to My Nephew,† by James Baldwin, he mints to his nephew that he is limited to a certain future due to his color of skin, and because of this it will also limit his ambition and be expected to settle(Baldwin 1). At times everybody settles with a stereotype or reception because it is to difficult to surpass a stereotype. James Baldwin tells his Nephew that he is not expected to succeed or aspire to excellence, but to â€Å"make peace with mediocrity. Later on in the letter Baldwin mentions that i ts not the white’s fault, for that is all they have ever known (Baldwin 1-2). Many stereotypes have begun with people not being aware of the different groups of people. Stereotypes is a way for our brains to categorize people of similar backgrounds. Stereotyping is the â€Å"selective attribution of specific trait of characteristic to particular social groups and their members† (Wyer 1). As human beings, our brains have developed a way to store information about other people’s behavior, through similarities. ThisShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesthe Disposable Worker?) Chapter 2: Diversity in Organizations †¢ Entirely new Opening Vignette (The Rise and Fall of Erin Callan) †¢ New feature: glOBalization! †¢ New Myth or Science? (â€Å"Dual-Career Couples Divorce Less†) †¢ Enhanced coverage of stereotyping and discrimination research †¢ Revised content regarding age discrimination and implications of an aging workforce †¢ Updates to discussion of disability in the workplace †¢ Expanded coverage of sexual orientation discrimination †¢ New material andRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 Pagesthe development of open-systems theory and contingency theory during the 1960s. The Open-Systems View One of the most inï ¬â€šuential views of how an organization is affected by its external environment was developed by Daniel Katz, Robert Kahn, and James Thompson in the 1960s.42 These theorists viewed the organization as an Jones−George: Contemporary Management, Fourth Edition I. Management 2. The Evolution of Management Thought  © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2005 41 64 Chapter