In the reading, Project Implicit \"FAQ-- Definitions section,\" an answer drew m
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In the reading, Project Implicit "FAQ-- Definitions section," an answer drew my attention, which is No 10, "Do young children show automatic preference for White over Black?" The answer is "It is obvious that children are not born with preferences for one group or another. But early in development, infants appear to develop preferences for what is familiar" (FAQ Question 10). A baby who has pale skin or dark skin, is male or female, and is born in a western country, an Asian country, or an African country, does not know anything about what others in the society think about what he has (looks like).
I am from Japan, and I did not even know the word "stereotype" because Japan is an island whose residents are almost all Japanese. We do not have as a big diversity as America has. Foreigners are sometimes stared at by local Japanese people because they are so rare. I thought Japanese people did not have stereotypes since we have not met different people, but I realized that Japanese people do have stereotypes. For example, when they are told to picture a person in the US, they will think a person who has blue eyes, blonde hair, and pale skin tone. Isn't it a stereotype? In their mind, this equation, Americans=White, is formed. This is not applied to all the Japanese, but I feel like most of them will do what I said. I agree with the answer for the question #10 on the FAQ because it clearly happens in Japan. People do not experience diversity so they only think pale people when they think about Americans.
How we grew up also has influence on how we feel stereotype threat. Suppose that you have a running competition, and in your group there is one guy who is African. Think that you do not have any stereotypes. You do not have to think "oh he is African. I can't defeat him on this race because Africans usually can run faster than other races." You will run as fast as you can without any pressure. People have stereotypes, but how biased they are, or how they treat the stereotypes in their life should be different. How people grew up affects how they think, and how they think affects how they treat their stereotypes. Moreover, how they treat their stereotypes affects how much pressure or stress they get from stereotype threat. (342)
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In this specific writing, stereotyping is being described very very. As we grow up in the society we never know that we are also facing stereotyping. Different cultures have different availability of the stereotype criterias but always reach and every culture has a type of stereotype involved in IT. Even unconsciously people stereotype which is not directly related to the this is or any kind of stereotype which is based on the skin colour. By mitigating the issue of the stereotype and understanding them skin colour is same and have the same abilities which other colours have. Not being able to determine between the scalability of the specific problem as well as increasing the overall level of understanding of the ethical situation which is involved in the society. Different countries have different perspective towards stereotyping as the diversity implementation could be different. From the very childhood each and every person should be told about the issue of stereotyping and not to implement that specific turn in their daily life which would definitely increase the overall lifestyle in a positive way.