When I read Donna Steiner's essay, I felt a mix of emotions. Did I stereotype Steiner and Lee when I read her essay? The answer to that question is confidently yes at first but also a resounding "no". When I read the first few sentences of Steiner's essay, I realized that the essay was about drunk stereotyping. I found myself picturing the same picture that I always think of when I think of an alcoholic. A tattered half of a man sitting on a park bench brownbagging it at ten thirty in the morning. However, my conception is most likely truly wrong. Most drunks are probably people that look like a common person that one would not expect was an alcoholic. Stereotyping to me is all about a pre-misconception of something or an aspect of life that society’s culture has pushed on to its people. The old saying “do not judge a book by it’s cover” was derived from the idea of stereotyping. Most of my friends and the people I know, including myself, stereotype individuals and aspects of life because we believe we already know what he/she/it is all about. It’s not something I am proud of, but no one is perfect. When Steiner introduced her roommate as a drunkard, of course our minds automatically categorize that person with all the other drunks we know. From the reading, I realized that I need to take my own advice and not judge aspects of life without experiencing them or getting to know them first.
Above is a picture of a bad tackle during a football (soccer) match. Most of friends in high school believe that all soccer players a girly because when they are fouled, they think they are faking the entire time, when actually, being kicked with a boot is actually extremely painful, not to mention that some use metal cleats now.
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