What is a Stereotype?
In order to fully understand how stereotypes are present in the aforementioned movies and cartoons, it is of great significance to touch upon the general definition and meaning of the word “stereotype.” According to Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Depression : The Integrated Perspective written by William T. L. Cox, Lyn Y. Abramson, Patricia G. Devine and Steven D. Hollon, “a stereotype can be almost any thought that oversimplifies a person or a group”. Also, this article elucidates on what characteristics generalizations usually exert. One of these features is that stereotypes can either exist in collective consciousness or reside in the mind of an individual. The article distinguishes three more forms of stereotypes that are as follows: “stereotypes can be based on a prominent group membership (e.g., a woman stereotyping herself as nurturant because of her gender), based on a mundane characteristic (e.g., someone stereotyping a man as Irish because he has red hair), or be unrelated to social group (e.g., a wife stereotyping her husband as lazy).” In addition to this, stereotypes might also be linked to race and religious views. For instance, it is common that people consider black hip-hop musicians as gangsters and criminals, which clearly is a ludicrously wrong and untrue presumption. As for religious generalizations, people might stereotype Christians as homophobic and racist people and Jews as money-oriented and greed.
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