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anaik — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:55:29 CDT

This site gives basic information on stereotypes such as, what they are, why they matter, their benefits and drawbacks, and how to prevent them. The word stereotype carries a negative connotation. The author of the website, Heidi Burgess, reveals that stereotypes can help people. She argues that in order to be able to interact effectively, people must have some idea of what others are likely to be like. This point of view is not what normally comes to mind, but it opens a viewpoint that may have not existed before.

The article “Breaking Racial Stereotypes by Reconstructing Multicultural Education,” tells the story of a young black boy and how he was judged just by the color of his skin. Even though teachers must move beyond the limits of race, Pete Pullen found a way to create multicultural education. Pullen implemented actions to help “qualified” people of color advance. He added programs that ensured equality in educational systems such as a fair legal system.

This website gives ways that people can stop offending others. If more people realize when they are discriminating against someone and stop themselves, then violence and racial problems will decrease. This site gives the top five ways to catch and fix avoiding offending another race. If people start to think before they speak, less violence will occur and the barrier of racial stereotypes will break down.

This graph shows the racial disadvantages that are still occuring today.

Racial Stereotypes between MOV and Modern Day US

anaik — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:33:05 CDT

On this page, you will find the comparsion between The Merchant of

Venice and modern day racial stereotypes. Click the video at the

bottom of the page to find out more about current racial issues.

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information by clicking the picture and read

about how it relates to stereotypes.

Introduction
Shakespeare’s sixteenth century racial stereotypes still exist in the United States today. Through The Merchant of Venice Shylock is stereotyped by his ethnicity. After having met Shylock, everyone assumes that all Jews are rude and cruel. When Jessica sneaks out of her father’s house people automatically assume she would be cruel like Shylock simply because of her Jewish heritage. They realize otherwise that she is a loving and caring person. The Prince of Morocco, in act two, draws our attention to similar prejudice, this time, connected to race. He says, “Mislike me not for my complexion” (Act II line 1). Morocco connects his judgments to people’s character, not their skin color. Morocco tells Portia not to categorize others just based on race.

In America’s past, racial intolerance has arisen in situations like Jim Crow segregation and slavery. Those problems were carried into modern day. The United States of America is called “the melting pot” for a reason. The racial diversity creates new cultures, competition, and problems. When anyone hears the words Jew, Asian, Black, Hispanic, or White an immediate stereotype comes to mind. Just by seeing an outside appearance people judge their moral value and personality. The racial stereotypes that people face everyday cause problems in the society.

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Racial Stereotypes between MOV and Modern Day US