yes. i became one when i was always stereotyped too.
Do u judge a book by its cover?
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Posted 27 December 2008 - 04:25 PM
pretty much. ut who doesn't. I mean,the first thing u see an iraqian person, Terroist.The first thing u see a black guy,dangerous. The first thing u see a chinese guy,Jackie chan,bruce lee,etc,etc.I know u people do sterotype,so don't try to say u don't
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Posted 28 December 2008 - 08:38 AM
i really dont judge people all that much until i get to know them. assuming things isnt something i really do much.i do judge books, like written books, by their cover though haha. if the cover isnt all that interesting it will effect whether or not ill buy it
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Posted 28 December 2008 - 08:32 PM
yes. its a fastest way to acertain something at first sight. of course, later on you can change yourviews.
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Posted 28 December 2008 - 11:55 PM
I definitely stereotype. If I see Aeropostale, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch etc, that stupid preppy haircut or a skinny little white dude dressed like he came from Compton, that's like blood in the water for me.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 12:08 AM
I try not to be a stereotype, but I always end up gossiping about the African people i see on the street. Stereotyping is not good cause, there are many African scientists and many help poor people in many countries. Anyone can make a difference. A human is a human, right?
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 12:15 AM
Stereotyping is something we all do. No matter how hard we try not to. I don't really judge people though I make small assumptions at first sight. I am apt to give my trust to certain people only because of past experience with people of their nature. This is about the only form of stereotyping I use.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 07:11 AM
I have found that it's better to use stereotyping to my advantage. There are "positive" stereotypes like "people who dress nice are friendly."
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 08:20 AM
Use stereotyping as more than a way to judge the essential being of a person: to complement other methods of evaluation. For example, while you can't figure out much from a person's ethnicity, you can determine that the person will generally fit into one of several modes. Then, as you get to know the person better, you can make better (though not necessarily truer) assumptions.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 10:48 AM
Yes both figuratively and literally, my whole family is so I guess its natural
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 12:22 PM
everyone has their prejudices and society dictates if your racist or culturist or whatnot on how well you hide them. Its all a bit rediculous to me.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 02:47 AM
Well, in terms of manga, yes, because the cover is drawn by the same person who does the actual drawing inside the book, and I don't like reading manga with horrid/average drawings.But in the case of novels, I don't. I read the summary and then I decide if I want to read it or not.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 07:33 AM
We read pride and prejudice for school and disscused this topic a bit, we as people naturally sterotype, i for example sterotype people as gangsters if they ahve excessivly baggy cloths and chain hanging all over the place
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 11:27 AM
Stereotypes are harmful when you look at the oppressed versus the oppressor institution. For people who are oppressed stereotypes act as limitations for growth, but to the oppressor stereotypes can and are used as justification for discrimination or bigotry. So it depends on who is judging the book. Make sure you site the people from the forum. Plagiary = bad. 
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 01:57 PM
If I haven't heard of a book before or read reviews of it, yes, I do judge it by its cover. I haven't bought many books.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 04:00 PM
Everyone stereotypes and more commonly profiles.Stereotyping is the trivial judgement of a person. Who really cares if you do or don't...Profiling is beneficial and we all do it. Like if you walked into an all black neighborhood and saw ONE white guy there you'd have every reason to believe something was unusual.Anyway, I cant go into to much detail cause I gotta go to work. Judgeing people and situtions with prier experience is kinda necessary to everyday life.
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Posted 01 January 2009 - 09:40 AM
yes, i think if people look a certain way, then they probably "those kinds of people" sorry im not trying to mean mean though x_x;
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Posted 01 January 2009 - 11:52 AM
i know when i streotype others, which lets me control wat i say to ppl i dont know.
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Posted 03 January 2009 - 01:24 AM
I don't judge a book by it's cover, but there are still some people out there that fit stereo - types perfectly, and so I think that it's ok to do stuff like that.
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Posted 03 January 2009 - 04:42 AM
the only thing i look at is if its think or thin 
i like the thin books 
i like the thin books
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 03:08 AM
I do judge a book by its cover. That gives me the first impression about a person.
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 03:54 AM
hehe...sometimes I look at the book based on its cover but there are times that I really like books even if their cover is not good
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 04:21 AM
Never. I usually know what I want before I look for a book
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 05:49 AM
Sometimes. If it looks particularily interesting because of the cover, then I look at it. But mainly, I judge my the back or inside flaps that tell the summary.
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Posted 28 February 2009 - 08:13 AM
books?? yes, i reach for the most interesting-looking ones first (mainly old, dust-coated ones) but people?? no, i get to know each person i meet first, or i at least try to.
