Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments
by Inna Kovaleva
1. People are judged based on
1.1. skin color
1.2. sound of their voice
1.3. color of their hair
1.4. their nationality
1.5. their name
2. Stereotypes begin
2.1. through gossip
2.2. due to "standardized pictures"
3. Stereotypes and The World
3.1. parents pass on stereotypes
3.2. books publish stereotypes
3.3. movies visualize stereotypes
4. Stereotypes and The Human
4.1. reduce confusion
4.2. prevent the human from learning about a particular person/idea/country, etc.
4.3. impair human judgment
5. What I learned
5.1. Stereotypes exist everywhere and for everything. People just don't want to take the time to analyze and understand what is around them.