Stereotypes-Discrimination





__**Definition**__ - A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.
 * __Examples of stereotypes:__ **

"Irish people are always drunk." "If you are Mexican and live in another country, you are illegal." "If you are blond, you are stupid." "If you are from the Middle East you are a terrorist." "Politicians are always corrupt." "Women are always more talkative." "People that eat lots of food are fat and unhealthy." "People who are left handed are gay." "Goths are people who are always wearing black." "All African Americans are good at basketball." "If you're rich you're spoiled" "All children are immature" "Polish people are dumb" "All smart people are nerds" "Smart people wear there pants high and have glasses" "Blondes have more fun than brunetts" "Taller poeple are better at sports"

One example of stereotyping in To Kill A Mockingbird is how others view people in lower classes. When Scout wants Walter Cunningham to come for dinner Aunt Alexander refuses. She thinks just because the Cunninghams are poor, Walter is trash. Back then people thought poor people were uneducated and dumb. People thought people with more money were better than poor people. Another stereotype is how people view African Americans in the town. People thought that a white person's word was superior to an African American's word. Many white people believed that they were better than African Americans and they thought all African Americans were bad. One example of someone who doesn't stereotype in the book is Atticus. He does not judge anyone on their looks and dosen't show much anger to his enemies. He is a fair man who believes in justice and equality.

HERE IS SOME PICTURES OF EXAMPLES OF STEREOTYPES:







**__Definition__**  - The treatment or consideration of making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit. The power of making fine distinctions or discriminating judgment.  __** Examples of discrimination: **__

Not allowing a student or employee to get time off school or work from a religious holiday. Not letting someone be hired or be fired because of their age. (this is used all the time in today's society) Not letting a woman be hired because they are pregnant and will miss work. Treating a student or employee different than others because of their race. Not helping someone else out because of a physical or mental disability when you help everyone else out. Not being nice or sensitive to others because of their gender. Not giving credit to someone for doing effort on something because of their race. Gay people aren't allowed to be married in some of the states in the U.S.

In the book, many people get mad because of the "n" word. Also Tom Robinson, an African American, is being acused of raping Mayella Ewell, who is a white girl. During this time period discrimination was huge in towns across America. Most people in the town are white and because Tom is African American, he's automatically guilty in the town's eye. There are only few people in the town who believe he's not guilty like Atticus Finch, who is defending Tom Robinson. During this time period many people believed white people were superior to African Americans. They got treated differently and even in the court case they had to sit in a different section from the white folks in the town. Also if a African American man shook a white girl's hand, they could accuse them of rape and the rest of the town would believe her because he's African American. Finally, when Tom Robinson is in jail, the Klu Klux Klan, mostly likely, comes to kill Tom Robinson because they hated African Americans. Atticus was there protecting Tom from this terrible group and was risking his own life for what was right. Fortunately, Scout interupted, not knowing what was going on, and stopped the group from killing Tom and maybe her dad.