Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
Films and stereotyping
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3. Definition: A stereotype is “a fixed, over
generalised belief about a particular group or class
of people.” (Cardwell, 1996).
By stereotyping we infer that a person has a
whole range of characteristics and abilities that
we assume all members of that group have.
Stereotypes lead to social categorisation, which
is one of the reasons for prejudice attitudes .
4. Most stereotypes convey a negative
impression. Positive examples would include
judges (the phrase “sober as a judge” would
suggest this is a stereotype with a very
respectable set of characteristics).
Negative stereotypes seem far more common,
however.
Class Task> Stereotyping Activity
7. The Race Relations Act protects individuals
from racial discrimination and harassment and
creates a right to challenge discrimination in
the courts or at an employment tribunal. It is
unlawful for a person to discriminate against
another person on racial grounds - this means
race, colour, nationality, or ethnic or national
origins.
8. As a result of the McPherson report educational
establishments are required by the Race Relations
Act (2000) to promote racial equality and must:
• Eliminate unlawful racial discrimination
• Promote equality of opportunity, and
• Promote good relations between persons of
different racial groups”
9. Racial Stereotypes about IQ still persist in schools.
Perception that minorities have low IQ than their white
peers.
Misplacement - involving teacher assessment of ethnic
minorities placing them in lower streams than would be
the case if performance tests alone were used
Channelling of minorities in stereotypical areas of the
curriculum i.e. Asians into Cricket
10. The Macpherson report into the death of Stephen
Lawrence found institutional racism to be prevalent in
some public institutions. Institutional racism was
defined as:
“the collective failure of an organisation to provide an
appropriate and professional service to people because of their
colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in
processes, attitudes or behaviour which amounts to
discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance,
thoughtlessness, and racist stereotyping which disadvantage
minority ethnic people.”