Stereo Types Essay
Stereotypes: TRUE or FALSE
Everyone has experienced being over simplified by an individual from another race, and perhaps are left feeling insulted from the comments that are directed at them. When a baby is born, everyone who is around to witness its birth quickly obtains judgement about the baby towards the gender, race, and social class he/she is born into. From as early as our first breaths, we are all held up to a standard society has given to us. Similarily, the children in the documentary Lemon Grove, players in the short film Viva Baseball, and even the family from the memoir Burro Genius all have their share in being labeled. It just so happens these three separate stories meet together in a Latino culture that face American expectations that challenge the way America's society perceives and evaluates the Latino minority group. Society has stereotypes, both True and false, that are used to identify the Latinos community, but the majority of these stereotypes are negative, whereas Latinos have more positive stereotypes than the negative light they are placed under in society's eyes. Latinos are stereotyped as hard workers, which in most cases is in fact a true statement but being a hardworker isn't always rewarded. In Burro Genius, father, Sal Villasenor built his family a home to call their own. Building a house is not a small task, it takes a lot of hard work and concentration to complete such a stressful and detailed project, especially since that house is going to be housing a family. From begining to end, the physical labor is a main componet to assemble an entire house, it can get tiring and not any man who lacks experience in this field of work can just do it effectively. It is time consuming and requires dedication, which are two significant elements necessary for this job and most people don't meet these expectations. Furthermore, in Lemon Grove, fieldwork was a Latino dominated job. This job, like house building is also difficult work.
Everyone has experienced being over simplified by an individual from another race, and perhaps are left feeling insulted from the comments that are directed at them. When a baby is born, everyone who is around to witness its birth quickly obtains judgement about the baby towards the gender, race, and social class he/she is born into. From as early as our first breaths, we are all held up to a standard society has given to us. Similarily, the children in the documentary Lemon Grove, players in the short film Viva Baseball, and even the family from the memoir Burro Genius all have their share in being labeled. It just so happens these three separate stories meet together in a Latino culture that face American expectations that challenge the way America's society perceives and evaluates the Latino minority group. Society has stereotypes, both True and false, that are used to identify the Latinos community, but the majority of these stereotypes are negative, whereas Latinos have more positive stereotypes than the negative light they are placed under in society's eyes. Latinos are stereotyped as hard workers, which in most cases is in fact a true statement but being a hardworker isn't always rewarded. In Burro Genius, father, Sal Villasenor built his family a home to call their own. Building a house is not a small task, it takes a lot of hard work and concentration to complete such a stressful and detailed project, especially since that house is going to be housing a family. From begining to end, the physical labor is a main componet to assemble an entire house, it can get tiring and not any man who lacks experience in this field of work can just do it effectively. It is time consuming and requires dedication, which are two significant elements necessary for this job and most people don't meet these expectations. Furthermore, in Lemon Grove, fieldwork was a Latino dominated job. This job, like house building is also difficult work.