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The Library Card: How Stereotypes and Societal Expectations Affect Identity

   

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THE LIBRARY CARD
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IntroductionThe library card is the real story of the Richard Wright. This essay is about the circumstances that he faced in his entire life. He was a black man commonly known as Negros of his time. Thatwas the era of ignoring black person by the white men. (Wright Richard, 1993). In this paper, it is going to discuss the "how do stereotypes and societal expectation affects one's identity”?Thesis statementBlack is ignored by white menNegros that are black men are not allowed to use libraryRichard was curious to read the novel by MenckenA stereotype can cause the situation of stereotype threat which refers to the situation in which one can feel that they can be judged by the people in a negative sense on the basis of single trait, so they ignore the social events and refuses to participate in the society as they are very anxiety from stereotype people in the society. For example when Richards went to the library but did not mention that he wanted the novel of Mencken and handed over the note which was written by a white man in whom behave he was borrowing the novel, in the letter, it is written that please allow this "nigger" to issue the Mencken's two novel. It affects the identity of the individual as they feel separated from the society because some stereotype people judged them and felt that they are not a part of society and ignored them and their rights. They are allowed to have an education. (Hoff et al., 2006) Because of stereotype people they cannot perform their task well in which they are often assumed to be a deficit. They also feel that they do have not that many capabilities so that they cannot stand with the white men. This will affects their individual identity as there can be a
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