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General Eric Groff__**

Citation: Greer, M. "Automatic racial stereotyping appears based on facial features in addition to race." __Monitor on Psychology__. 2005. PsychNET. 11/13/08 . 
 * * Making judgements about other people is so automatic that the judger might not know he/she is stereotyping. -EG
 * When given a description of a black person, people tend to give white people black traits. This shows that judgements can stay with a person, no matter who they're judging.-EG

Citation: "A Moment of Science: Library." __A Moment of Science__. 2005. 11/13/08 . * Most assumptions made about others are based on appearance. -EG  Citation: Fereyra, Natalia. "Three Things You Should Do to Fight Stereotypes in the Workplace." __DiversityJobs__. 2006. International Association of Employment Web Sites. 11/13/08 . Some people stereotype others because that is what they were taught to think. -EG  Citation: "Why do people stereotype and judge others?." __WikiAnswers__. 2008. Answers Corporation. 11/13/08 . <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica">Peffley, Mark. __Perception and Endurance__. Google Book Search. 11/14/08 <http://books.google.com/books?id=eAp3mLzU-PoC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=racial+stereotyping+in+politics&source=web&ots=9feE32mDeo&sig=wDZpZ5Q8p4FyUFOtqUdFB0oXhLg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA58,M1>. || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> In General- ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">White people believe that most <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">African Americans are stupid, do drugs, promote violence and beat women <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Sports Statistics- ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 77% of NBA players are black ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 65% in NFL are black ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 15% in MLB are black ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 25% in MLB are latino ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 57% in NCAA division 1 basketball are black ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 47%=2 0in NCAA <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">division 1A football are black ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> When asked to describe American athletes people said dumb, violent, racist or drug-user ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> American men envy athletes because they are wealthy, talented and famous and they know that they can’t achieve that status also. ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> “Of the few thousand that play sport on the highest level, if four or five individual in each sport – particularly if they are black – have problems with the law, people won’t have long to wait before some people are talking about all those athletes.” ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 56% of whites think that Americans are more violent ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 62% think that African- Americans are not as hard working as them ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 77% of whites think blacks live off welfare ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> People don’t consider that when a black man didn’t graduate college that he might have been poor, if time crunches from sports interfered <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Citation: Richard, Lapchick. __Crime and Athletes: The New Racial Sterotypes of the 1990's__. 1997 College of Business Administration (UCF). 11-13-08 < http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sport/cgi-bin/site/sitew.cgi?page=/news/articles/article_05.htx >. http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sport/cgi-bin/site/sitew.cgi?page=/news/articles/article_05.htx <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> "Stereotyping." __ The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language __. 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company. 11-15-08 < http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stereotyping >. -- __**Sports(Brandy Stone)**__<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> · <span class="yshortcuts" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(220,238,255)">Atlanta Braves - have tomahawk chop with form of Indian war cry <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Cleveland Indians - crazed “redman” with large <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">white teeth <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Washington Redskins - “the warpath” plays <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Kansas City Chiefs - <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">native Americans
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">A person that contains traits similar to a discriminated race, they are discriminated, also. -EG
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Some people, mostly students at school, like to stereotype others because it helps them feel that they are in control. -EG
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Ignorance and education also play roles in the purpose of discrimination. -EG
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">People who feel different from everyone else try to make friends by stereotyping others, nonstop. -EG
 * Some people think of African Americans as lazy and violent.
 * "...whites' political evaluation of blacks in the areas of welfare and crime are biased by race, as well as the degree to which this bias is driven by racial stereotypes."
 * "We are not equipped to deal with so much subtlety, so much variety and so many permutations and combinations."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Brandy Stone-
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 53% think they are stupider then them
 * A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
 * One that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set i mage or type.

Citation: Lamar, Miller. "Rid American Sports of Racial Stereotypes." __<span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">New York Times __ 23 10 1991. The New York TImes. 10 11 1991. 11-13-08 < http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDD1131F933A25752C1A967958260 >. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Cooper, Matthew. "Athletes Deal With Racial Stereotypes in Sports." __<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">The Hilltop  __<span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> 15 2 2007. The Hilltop Online. 9 8 2008. <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Howard University. 11-13-08 < http://www.thehilltoponline.com/sports/1.462835 >.
 * <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> basketball, track and football are considered "black sports"
 * <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> field hockey, lacrosse and volleyball are "white sports
 * <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Corbett says, “other studies reported that blacks have a higher percentage of fast-twitch <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">muscle fibers, which convey power, and a low percentage of low-twitch muscle fibers, which convey endurance.”  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

Bobby * Race is such a loaded term. <span style="COLOR: rgb(85,85,85)"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Citation: __Racial Stereotypes__. 2007 youthnoise.com. November 13, 2008 <http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2467>.
 * __Education__**
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Almost everyone makes assumptions based on each race’s intelligence based on their respective cultures and overall academic performance.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Asians and Indians are perceived to be as smart as or smarter than Whites in scientific and mathematics fields as well as equals in philosophy.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Blacks and Latinos based on their poor average academic scores and whites interpretations of their cultures reflecting laziness and stupidity.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Whites stereo types don’t suffer as much due to the predominance in the west.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Whites have been given the “jack of all trades” role….you can have your “Paris Hilton and your Steven hawkings.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Race wont suffer from one extreme or the other.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Others may find this different…Randy Moss is more of a predominant representation than James Baldwin in the African American race.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Obviously physical distinctions can be more correctly enumerated in athletic performance
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Mental process are far harder to grade than almost always cultural stereo types and false assumptions are applied.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Standardized test scores used to judge the overall race.

__**Education**__ Bobby <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">**__The Workplace__** Eric Groff <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Metzler, Chris. "Avoid Racial Stereotyping on the Job." Vault. 2000. Vault. 11/13/08 <http://www.vault.com/nr/newsmain.jsp?nr_page=3&ch_id=402&article_id=19288&cat_id=1102>.
 * When it comes to education, are some groups valued more than others?
 * a number of theories have emerged to explain why some groups soar in school and why some flounder.
 * certainly students do poorly because of cultural, social, linguistic backgrounds.
 * values, languages and behavior learned at home don't always mesh with those of the school system or the school itself.
 * this is know as the deficit theory.
 * before the nineteen sixties the deficit theory held that genetic and IQ deficiencies of certain groups were the root cause of academic achievements.
 * today deficit theory proponents steer clear of such claims.
 * the expectaion theory.
 * some children do poorly because their teachers do not expect much of the kids form certain racial or ethnic groups.
 * as a result the teacher teaches the students differently, the students academic performance suffers, and the entire cycle becomes a self- fullfilling prophecy.
 * This was made popular by Rosenthal and Jacobson.
 * holds that the students academic performance can be improved if teachers behavior is modified.
 * Cultural difference theory, better cross cultural understanding.
 * asserts that academic problems can be overcome if educators study and mediate the cultural gap seperating school and home.
 * creating effcetive classrooms for all children takes a deliberate and thoughful process.
 * //Plessy v. Ferguson//
 * the supreme court decision segreation became legally sanctioned part of the American way of life.
 * a landmark case.
 * the seperate but equal docterine.
 * Black Americans, A struggle for a chance to learn.
 * they have been held lost of a free and public education since slave days.
 * the first law prohibiting education if slaves was passed in south carolina in 1740.
 * many states following passed similar and even stronger compulsory-ignorance laws.
 * //Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka//
 * may 1954, the supreme court, "in the feild of public education the doctrine of seperate but equal has no place.

|| <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Citation: Bielby, William. __Minimizing Workplace Gender and Racial Bias__. JSTOR. 11/13/08 <http://www.jstor.org/pss/2654937>. || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> __Challenge racism__. One Workplace Equal Rights. 11/13/08 <http://www.oneworkplace.co.uk/oneworkplace/controller?p_service=Content.show&p_applic=CCC&pContentID=495>. ||
 * * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Some races aren't accepted in different areas of work because other people don't want to offend them in any way.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Race discrimination has resulted in serious conflict during the workplace
 * * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Women earn 75% as much money as men.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">African Americans earn 78% as much money as Caucasian men.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">People of "Hispanic origin" earn 68% as much money as Caucasian men.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">The unemployment rate for African Americans is twice the rate of Caucasians.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Annually, American workers file about 80,000 complaints of discrimination with the EEOC and about as many with state civil rights agencies."
 * * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Staff responsible for recruitment end up unconsciously not selecting ethnic minority candidates."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"An applicant for a job is restricted because of a concern that “they will not fit in”."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"A grievance about an allegation of race discrimination takes months to be heard, and months more to be finally decided by management."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Assumptions are made that certain racial groups have specific skills."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Promotions depend on previous acting-up or supervisory experience which mainly white workers have."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Promotions possibilities are not advertised internally or externally, but made on the whim of a manager."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Workplace culture makes ethnic minority workers feel uncomfortable."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"A worker is the butt of jokes that make reference to their race."
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Misconduct by ethnic minority workers leads to dismissal, whereas in similar circumstances white workers are given final warnings."

Shawn Hummer Employment

-In 2006 7,000,000 people were unemployed

__Description of population of races in 2007__ . 2007 US census bureau. 11-13-08 <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=>

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-Caucasians in Oct. 2008 participated in their jobs with an attendance of 66.5% -Employed Caucasians in Oct. 2008 was 118,893,000 people -Unemployed Caucasians in Oct. 2008 was 7,495,000 people -Caucasians that made up the labor forces in Oct. 2008 was 126,388,000 people -Caucasians that weren’t in labor force in Oct. 2008 was 63,697,000 people -African Americans in Oct. 2008 participated in their jobs with an attendance of 63.6% -African Americans in Oct. 2008 that were employed was 15,714,000 people -African Americans in Oct. 2008 that weren’t employed was 20,023,000 people -African Americans in labor force in Oct. 2008 was 17,737,000 people -African Americans not in labor force in Oct. 2008 was 10,202,000 people -Asians in Oct. 2008 participated with an attendance of 66.2% to their jobs -Employed Asians in Oct. 2008 was 6,870,000 people -Unemployed Asians in Oct. 2008 was 271,000 people -Asians in labor force in Oct. 2008 was 7,141,000 people -Asians not in labor force in Oct. 2008 was 3,650,000 people

__Table of employment rates by race__ . November 7, 2008 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Current Employment Statistics. 11-14-08 [|__http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm__]

Shawn Hummer Facts -The population of the USA in 2007 was 301,621,000 people -Caucasian population in 2007 was 241,167,000 -African American population was 38,756,000 in 2007 -American Indian, Alaska native population was 2,938,000 in 2007 -Asian population was 13,366,000 in 2007 -The population for Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander was 537,000 in 2007 -The population of people composed of 2 or more races was 4,856,000 in 2007 -The Hispanic population was 45,504,000 in 2007 -The population of Caucasian of non-Hispanic origin was 199,092,000 in 2007 -Compared to the population out of 1,000 people 1,571 people were arrested which means the average person has been in jail 1.571 times in 2006 -In 2006 17 out of every 1,000 people were murdered or man slaughtered -In 2006 474 people out of every 100,000 committed a violent crime

__Description of population of races in 2007__ . 2007 US census bureau. 11-13-08 <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">.


 * __Tips to Stop Stereotyping(Eric Groff)__**

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica">"Why do people stereotype and judge others?." __WikiAnswers__. 2008. Answers Corporation. 11/13/08 <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_people_stereotype_and_judge_others>. * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Hopefully, adults should grow out of childhood stereotyping. -EG

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">**__Population(Shawn Hummer)__** Facts * The <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">population of the USA in 2007 was 301,621,000 people > * In 2006 7,000,000 were unemployed <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">Caucasian population in 2007 was 241,167,000 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">African American population was 38,756,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> American Indian, Alaska native population was 2,938,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> Asian population was 13,366,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The population for <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Native Hawaiian, or <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Pacific Islander was 537,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The population of people composed of 2 or more races was 4,856,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The Hispanic population was 45,504,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> The population of Caucasian of non-Hispanic origin was 199,092,000 in 2007
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> unemployment


 * __Politics (Eric Groff)__**

- Since Obama's election, black people have been given hope. -African Americans believe that Obama will end all racial stereotyping. -Obama shows Caucasians that black people are smart, and can rise to new hights.

Hull, Dana. __Black men hope Obama presidency shatters racial stereotypes__. 11/09/08 Contra Costa Times. 11/14/08 <http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_10938969>.

-Racial discrimination has been a top political issue for decades. -Blacks are usually the target of policies made to eliminate crime. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> Peffley, Mark. __Perception and Endurance__. Google Book Search. 11/14/08 <http://books.google.com/books?id=eAp3mLzU-PoC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=racial+stereotyping+in+politics&source=web&ots=9feE32mDeo&sig=wDZpZ5Q8p4FyUFOtqUdFB0oXhLg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA58,M1>.


 * __Politics (Brandy Stone)__**

-people are talking about how others didnt vote for <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Obama because of his race -"Not a thing," said the Kingfish in a weary tone, "except that this is America . A national conversation about race would almost certainly degenerate into a nasty airing of grievances and resentments, rather than a constructive exchange.”  White, Jack. "A Nash'nul Conversashun20'Bout Race? O-Tay." __The Root__ 26 3 2008. The Root. 14 11 2008. 11-14-08 http://www.theroot.com/id/45434.

-“Assumptions about race and ethnicity are so deeply embedded in our culture that we can hardly help noticing skin color.” -Greenwald's <span class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Implicit Association Test is a test that uses words to detect unconscious bias -Greenwald and colleagues modified the Implicit Association Test ( [|https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit] ) to search for unconscious biases among Democratic voters. When asked who they planned to cast ballots for, a sample of voters reported strong support for Obama, who held a 42 percent-to-34 percent lead over Hillary Clinton with John Edwards coming in at 12. But when the same people took the Implicit Association Test, (unconscious bias) Clinton was "the runaway winner," favored by 48 percent of them, and Obama was dead last, with 25 percent. Edwards was favored by 27 percent. -According to the same test, black people had bias against Obama  -This was thought to be because <span class="yshortcuts" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">African Americans come from the same culture we do nowadays Tucker, Cynthia. __Racial Stereotypes Are Deeply Imbeded In Our Culture__. 1-14-08. 11-14-08 < http://texasedequity.blogspot.com/2008/01/racial-stereotypes-are-deeply-embedded.html >.
 * __The Media(Brandy Stone)__**

-<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Media has stereotyped young African Americans as gangsters or drug dealers -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> This has shot down their chances for successful employment in the future -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Negative aspects of black communities have been focused on- drug use, criminal activity and welfare abuse -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> News worthy stories having to deal with race are only televised or written if they have something to do with the white public -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Researched has shown that most serious crimes (rape, robbery, assault and homicide) are committed by only 8% of African American youth -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Most officers harass African American youth because of the stereotypes presented in the media -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Between 1967-1990 the perecent of black families with an income of at least $50,000 more that doubled -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> The median income for African American families in which both parents work, went form $28,700 in 1967 to $40,038 in 1990. (40% increase) -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> White familes with both parents working had only a 17% increase during the same time from $40,040 to $47,247 -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Drop out rates have dropped from the 1970’s for both black and whites -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> African American rates fell from 24% to just 13% (’72-’91) -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> Although, staying in school has not improved their chances of being employed -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"> The unemployment rate for black youths is more than twice that of the white youths -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">   “The dysfunctional aspect of this bias emerges when the realistic concerns of African-Americans are dismissed as irrelevant or threatening to the majority population. ” Balkaran, Steven. __Mass Media and Racism__. 10-1999 Yale University. 11-15-08 < http://www.yale.edu/ypq/articles/oct99/oct99b.html >. -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">  Newspapers caught with racial insensitivity are Washington Post, Sacramento Bee, Vanity Fair , New York Times , ABC-TV, and St. Paul Pioneer Press   -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">    The term “Asian invasion’ is applied to immigration   -<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">    As the practice of the Muslim religion grows in the united states, muslims are often thought of as, “fanatical terrorists and middle eastern dictators.”       Bia gi, Shirley, and Marilyn Kern-Foxworth. __Facing Difference__. California: Pine Forge Press, 1997.


 * __The Media(Eric Groff)__**

-"Media have divided the working class and stereotyped young African-American males as gangsters or drug dealers." -"As a result of such treatment, the media have crushed youths' prospects for future employment and advancement." -"The media have focused on the negative aspects of the black community (e.g. engaging in drug use, criminal activity, welfare abuse) while maintaining the cycle of poverty that the elite wants." -"There are no universally accepted and recorded codes or rules, which apply to journalists in news selection and production." -"The media have devoted too much time and space to "enumerating the wounded" and too little time to describing the background problems of African-Americans." -"What is not a crisis is not usually reported and what is not or cannot be made visual is often not televised." -"The news media respond quickly and with keen interest to the conflicts and controversies of racial stories." -"For the most part, they disregard the problems that seep beneath the surface until they erupt in the hot steam that is the "//live//" news story." -"The media have not studied important events in the African-American community today." -"the condition of blacks itself is not a matter of high interest to the white majority" -"Their interest in black America is focused upon situations in which their imagined fear becomes a real problem." <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS,Arial,Helvetica"> Balkaran, Stephen. __Mass Media and Racism__. October 1999. 11/16/08 <http://www.yale.edu/ypq/articles/oct99/oct99b.html>. **__The Workplace Bobby__**


 * Affirmative Action.
 * means possitive steps to increase the representation of women and minorities in the areas of emplyoment, education and bussiness of which they have been histrically excluded.
 * perferential selection...selection on the basis of gender, race ethnicity this generates controversy in affimative action.
 * in admissions to selective colleges, women need no boost, blacks and hispanics do.
 * __The Opposing Side(Eric Groff)__**
 * __The Opposing Side(Eric Groff)__**

-"Stereotyping can do some necessary work for making sense of the world and ordering society." -"stereotypes should form so as to help the perceiver make sense of a situation" -"stereotypes are aids to explanation" -"stereotypes are shared group beliefs"

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