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Psychology - Racial Stereotyping

   

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PSYCHOLOGY (RACIALSTEREOTYPING)
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY .................................................................................................................................................................1Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................1Stereotype approaches ...............................................................................................................................................1Discussion and arguments .........................................................................................................................................4CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTIONSocial psychology is defined as the psychological aspect which deals with the behaviour, feelingsand though processing of an individual which are influenced by the implied presence of others as well associal interactions. The social psychology helps in analysing the thinking and behaviour of people towardseach other so that their relations can be improved. The stereotype is known as the common assumptionregarding specific community or individuals and thus may be partially true or completely true (Priest &et.al., 2018). The psychology of an individual plays a critical role in stereotyping and thus variousstereotype approaches must be learned so that they can be overcome. The racial stereotyping also causediscrimination and violence events among social groups. It becomes more dangerous when one groupscreate barriers for the other on the basis of racial discrimination (Todd & et.al., 2016).In this study anarticle based on racial stereotyping is chosen and associated stereotype approaches are reviewed so thatsocial issue can be understood and resolved. MAIN BODY Overview Within social psychology stereotypes involves over generalised assumptions and beliefs aboutparticular community or group of individuals. These are known as generalised because it is assumed thatthe concept is true for each and every individual in the community irrespective of their individual identity orreality. Some of the most common stereotypes are based upon nationality, sexual orientation, race orreligion. Though stereotypes can be positive or negative but they are considered as harmful as they leadto inaccurate prejudice. It also has adverse impact on mental and emotional health of an individual. Racialstereotypes provides the strong ground for the discrimination and thus individuals often develops negativeattitude towards different people. The conflicts and discriminatory grounds also leads to racism basedviolence and differences among individuals which is not good for the social balance and peace. Stereotype approaches Racial stereotyping is very common in the society and is evident in both positive and negativeassumptions towards a particular race. One of the key disadvantage of stereotyping is that on one hand itinversely affects the well-being of a person while on the other hand it neglects the individual identity ofperson which is overshadowed by a pre-assumption of entire group (Pauker & et.al., 2016). There aremainly three types of stereotyping approaches. The first approach is known as socio cultural approachwhich states that the behaviour of any person is influenced by their surroundings, cultural institutions andtheir nationality (Welch, 2007). Contrary to this second stereotyping approach is called psychodynamic approach whichemphasise that personality trait and unconscious state of mind affects the behaviour and thus lead to1
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stereotyping (Rivera & Benitez, 2016). Another popular stereotype approach is trait and type approach inwhich assumptions related to personality characteristics and behaviour are used for making stereotypes.The approach can be explained by using Implicit personality theory in which various patterns are used tostereotype (Schmid & Amodio, 2017). For instance a specific characteristic can be used to stereotype theoverall personality or other characteristic of another person which may or may not be valid or true. Theseapproaches help to understand various dimensions of stereotyping and justify that these approaches aremanageable and must be prioritise so that racial discrimination can be prevented. One third of whites claim they are victims of racism The article explains the impact of racial stereotyping on people who are usually considered asresponsible for the racial stereotyping. In most of the events it is assumed that on the basis of racialstereotypes black people are always discriminated and harassed. Contrary to this the article present theviews of white people who believes that stereotyping advantages and preferences are proving extremelybeneficial for black people but being the non-stigmatised population their interest and welfare is discardedby the authorities as well as other ethnic groups in the nation. In this study two major stereotypingapproaches will be discussed and on the basis of it article will be reviewed. The stereotyping beliefs areassociated with both majority and minority ethnic groups (Maddox & Perry, 2018). Thus, the approacheswill be discussed from the perspective of both author and readers.Stereotype held by the author As per the views of author the racial stereotyping discussed in the article is associated with thesociocultural approach. It can be explained by the sociocultural theory proposed by Pettigrew whichstates that psychology of individuals depends upon the cognitive development as well as culture in whichthey live. It has been discussed in the article that since British culture has long history of dominance racialcategorisation is quite obvious. Due to this reason, white people assume that their racial stereotypes andbehaviour towards other ethnic group is valid. The supporting argument claimed by white people is that inthe name of race relation strategies minor ethnic groups are provided more support. The strategy and non-discriminatory legislation policy seems to be opposite then the conventionaland cultural trends as followed by white people (Todd & et.al., 2016). From the perspective of authors, itcan also be stated that since in the British culture it is assumed that white people are always powerful anddominating it can be harmful for the individuals who are suffered from the other minor ethnic groups inpower. Due to long history of racial stereotypes it is possible that interest of majority groups isunderestimated and minor ethnic groups are provided more preferences (Rivera & Benitez, 2016). The ancient racial stereotypes in the British culture is well suppressed and managed by suitableregulations and strategies but due to social factor it may not be acceptable to dominating white groups.This can be one of the reason due to which such dissatisfaction has emerged among white people. It canalso be analysed that such type of sociocultural changes are also giving rise to more stereotypes (Schmid& Amodio, 2017). White people are developing prejudices that in their own country minor groups aregiven more priority while their interest and opinions are not given importance in decision making. Thus,2
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