+775 So who actually came up with stereotypes? Who decided that all Americans are fat, Canadians live in igloos, Muslims are terrorists and teenage boys spend all their time watching porn, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's what they see in the movies, i think...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Exactly... but who put them in the movies? And more importantly, why?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well America is the most obese country in the world, the most well known terrorist is Muslim, And teenge boys are horny as fuck and all they can think about is SEX.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Which of course automatically means that every single instance of said specimen is/acts the exact same.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

A lot of people are stupid enough to generalize everything, hence stereotypes were created.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And since those people are stupid, they spread their stupidity so that eventually everyone is stupid.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(lucius_malloy):exactly, but there a few people who remain unscathed from the epidemic, like you and me.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

luckily, or else the world would probably have ended a few centuries ago.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

All stereotypes are based off of true facts. It's just that instead of being applied to one/a group of people, its applied to everyone.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is true, which is why I don't know why the OP put "Canadians live in igloos". That's not a stereotype, nobody believes that, if they say it, it's a joke. Stereotype: Gansters are black. Truth: Most gang members are black. Stereotype: Americans are fat. Truth: America is the fattest country in the world and I believe a majority are overweight based on BMI (which is a terrible statistic, but that's another story) Stereotype: Asians are smart Truth: Asians consistently score higher on national tests than every other race Stereotype: Illegal Immigrants are Hispanic Truth: Most of them are Hispanic

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(CapedCrusader):So basically, to make a stereotype, take a statistic and change the "most" to an "all".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The others one I agree with, but most gangsters are black? I know more Hispanic gangs in my neighborhood. I don't think statistics exist for that..

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You might actually be right. Gangsters are a changing demographic I would assume (that's a funny statement) especially in the southwest.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There are grains of truth in all of those except for the igloo one, which no one actually beleives anyways.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The stereotype that assumes that all Muslims are terrorists is about as absurd as saying that all Christians are members of the KKK. It's absolutely ridiculous to assume that just because of once incident, all people of the same religion are automatically shunted into the category of terrorist. Does anyone remember something called the Crusades? Not all Christians are out to slay or convert everyone else who isn't of their religion, so why should all Muslims be made into terrorists. It's boggling to me

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh & Hindus worship cow. WRONG! They respect it. That's a HUGE difference.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

and blondes are stupid n hell no my average is 90% and im 100% blonde

by Anonymous 13 years ago

haha, you kinda just used this as an excuse to brag about your average (no offence intended)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

uhm no, im trying to prove something

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It wasn't one incident. There is room in the Koran to intepret that killing certain people for certain reasons is ok. Therefore there is a small percentage of muslims that terrorize and kill. Unfortunately, this small percentage is still a lot of people. Even more unfortunately, these are some of the only Muslims the average american citizen has heard of. Therefore, the average person who listens to what they see, hear, and read in the news will be inclined to think terrorist when they see a Muslim. This is wrong in every way, but it's ignorance that causes it, not hate or discrimination. In our jewish schools we are taught to respect a person of any religion for their diligence and devotion to god.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Stereotypes come from common occurences in cultures, or famous events. Al Quieda is famous, so people associate all muslims with terrorism, and masturbating teenage boys is pretty common. Americans do eat a lot of food, and that is partially due to our wealth. In the dark ages, the fatter you were, the more healthy people thought you were (IRONY!) and is also stood as a status symbol, because poor people were too poor to eat, and really skinny, so it showed that they had a lot of money. If you're interested in this, there's a similair discussion on another website.http://nerdfighters.ning.com/gr...s/predjudice-1

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Probably all the fat Americans, igloo dwelling canadiens, Terrorist Muslims, and us horny teenage guys

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Steriotypes are based on reality. They might be grossly exaggerated or generalized the the beginning idea has to be true. They may come out as more offensive but the reality is that there are minute distinctions between groups of people (like where they live or whatever) and steriotypes just build off of that.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Basically I believe idiotic insecure people feel the need to talk shit about other people to make them feel better about their sad miserable selves.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That pretty much sums up the world in one sentence.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Muslims were never terrorists. Americans aren't really fat, you're beautiful the way you are. Teenage boys don't always watch porn, all they think about is sex though, but there's lots of important things as well. Canadians live in igloos? Pepole seriously? Canada being the coldest country doesn't make people live in igloos. And I would also like to add, Egyptians riding camels and all they do is belle dancing. Well, not everyone there, in fact Egyptians are the best people I've seen. The rumors spread about it are absolutely not true. And yes, I'm a 100% Egyptian :P And I don't speak English in a highly disturbing way. ;)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think you can blame the Americans, Canadians, Muslims and teenage boys for that....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Stereotypes are partially true dumb ass

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, I have to say at least the last part is true...

by Anonymous 13 years ago