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Chris Rock on Racism

Courtesy of Tristan...very funny, and very appropriate to the Donnell Alexander reading.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q8LxO4wnCQ

My Late Thesis

Personality is an entity created by certain influences and modified over the time of its existence. Genetics and family are some of the most obvious forces feeding our minds.What about everything else, those surrounding us, things as simple as advertisement?

forgot to post thesis

How stereotypes influences people's judgements and how its affected me.

thesis

In many other cases, people make conscious efforts to ensure that they dont live up to those stereotypes and form their own individual identities, contrary to the media.

my essay title statement.

Mass media will make you so worldly obssesed that you will try to see your self in every ad. And you will loose your identity in this world . So, be what you are.

my thesis statment

In today's society, the mass media has become the omnipresent influence on our idendity as individuals and groups of people.

oops the thesis

Mass media and stereotypes play a major role in forming an “individual” identity for people within today's culture of impressionable citizenry.

i forgot about the thesis

In some ways stereotypes in the media have affected my life.

my thesis

Mass media has affected ones' identity, it has an impact on how people view themselves and of others.

Almost forgot...My thesis

There is clear evidence that these seemingly harmless ads are producing an unattainable ideal of what each of us should be. They are creating a distorted image of beauty, gender, race, and so forth.

u know .. when..

You know you are Colombian when a woman has a fake body.
You know you are Colombian when a woman wears low cut waist jeans and tight cloths. And most of the time you can see her g-string
You know you are Colombian when a woman when their want their men to pay all her bills rent and everything

stereotypes

Femile
Love to shop
Cannot drive
Beauty
Housewifes
Talk with friends or on the phone all the time

Colombian womens
Materialistic
Drog dealers
Fake body
Particulary clothing
Irresponsible
Party all the time
Youn mothers
Sexy

thesis.....

Stereotypes influence everyone’s lives through mass media, society, and your upbringing.

you know your... when..

1- you know your jewish when you have a big nose
2- you know your rich when you have a sidekick and phone on the side
3- you know your italian when you talk with your hands
4- you know your jewish when your friends call you cheap
5- you know your american if burger king, mcdonalds, taco bell, kfc, and all other fast food places are in your diet

I know I am a Chinese, I...

1. I am the only child in my family.
2. I was pushed to learn piano when I was a little girl.
3. I am supported by my parents even though I am a college student now.
4. I speak Chinese at home.
5. I drink green tea instead of coffee.

You know youre ...

1- You know you're Italian when you think a wifebeater and basketball shorts is a good outfit

2- You know you're Italian when you have arguments with your friends about whos mother makes the best meatballs

3-You know you're italian when you either have a tape-up now or have had one before

4- You know you're part Jewish when everyone you hang out with refers to you as the Jew
5- You know you're White when watching BET makes you wonder why there is no WET

you know youre...when...

1. you know youre jewish when you cant go out with all of your other friends who arent jewish on a friday nite
2. you know youre jewish if you can only eat kosher
3. yoiu know youre an american girl if youre obsessed with how you look
4 you know youre an american girl if you think your fat (even when you most certainly arent)
5. you know youre jewish if you have a bigger nose than pinoccio

You know you are _ when you _.

1. You know you are a woman when you have more shoes in your closet than days in a year.
2. You know you are Latino when people constantly ask you "So, did you run or swim to get here?"
3. You know you are Puerto Rican when you are always accused to stealing.
4. You know you are Roman Catholic when you support an institution who insisted on murdering those who would not convert to their ways.
5. You know you are Colombian when people ask you if you are selling "the good stuff".

I know I am Chinese if I......

1. Having a 50 pounds of rice at home, and eating it every day.
2. Writing and speaking Chinese
3. Parents always think their children are still a child even though you are 30 years old.
4. Using chopsticks to eat.
5. Going to the Chinese restraurant with your family to "drink tea" and eating "dim sum" every Sunday moring.

You know you are latino if you:
-speak spanglish
-love soccer
-your grandma has a cure for everything
-you think Cristina is better than Oprah
-when you have all the saints evr existed around your house

Latinos:
1) passionate
2)tempermental
3)lazy
4)irresponsible
5)drop outs
6)gang members
7)have a lot of kids
8)speak spanglish
9)everyone is mexican
10)everyone is illegal
Out of all these the only ones that I agree that goes with me is the passionate and the spanglish one. All the other ones are just stupid stereotypes.
Colombian:
1)narco-trafficker
2)smoke cocaine all the time
3)coffee capital
4)girls and guys are very conceited
5)colombians live in warfare all the time
6)have a strong accent
7)love soccer
8)sophisticated
9)great dancers
10)close with the family
I have a strong Colombian accent,.I'm a good dancer and I am close with my family.
Women:
1)weak
2)domestic
3)motherly
4)caring
5)girly
6)loves shopping
7)talk a lot
8)diet all the time
9)can't drive
10)dumber than men
I'm motherly,caring, love shopping,talk a lot and a bit girly.
Heterosexual:
1)homophobic
2)wants to get married in a church
3)attracted to other sex
I"don't know what else to say.

im sorry but some people in this class are racist as all hell its pretty freakiin rediculous...wow
wasnt the object of this assignment to point out stupid stereotypes of yourself and others who share similar backgrounds, race, ect.. not to proclaim that the whiteman is the devil bullshit.. fuck that shit im not gonna read how white people owe everything thing to everyone.. as if everywhite person is racist and wants to bring every1 else down to show their massive white power

male/ female

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/348724/male_vs_female/

STEREOTYPES:

RACE: Asian
1. short and skinny
2. orthodox and traditional
3. conservative
4. cultural
5. very laborious
6. intellegent
7. from the third world
8. very political
9. competative
10. hopitable

Religion: Islam

1. terrorists
2. oppressing womens
3 conservative
4.very religious
5.against modernsiam
6.uneducated
7.very aggressive
8.poor
9.very political
10.fatwa, koran,Prophet,mosque,Kaaba etc

NOTE: These all points are according to the picture shown by western media.

Sexuality: hetrosexual

-self identity
-proud of his sex
- working according
-attracted towards opposite sex
-self steem
-religious

Gender: Male

-masculine
-born tough
-adaptive
-sports loving
-political
-hard working
-careless
-egoistic
-imperialistic
-straight forward.
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STEREOTYPES:

RACE: Asian
1. short and skinny
2. orthodox and traditional
3. conservative
4. cultural
5. very laborious
6. intellegent
7. from the third world
8. very political
9. competative
10. hopitable

Religion: Islam

1. terrorists
2. oppressing womens
3 conservative
4.very religious
5.against modernsiam
6.uneducated
7.very aggressive
8.poor
9.very political
10.fatwa, koran,Prophet,mosque,Kaaba etc

NOTE: These all points are according to the picture shown by western media.

Sexuality: hetrosexual

-self identity
-proud of his sex
- working according
-attracted towards opposite sex
-self steem
-religious

Gender: Male

-masculine
-born tough
-adaptive
-sports loving
-political
-hard working
-careless
-egoistic
-imperialistic
-straight forward.
-

You know you're hispanic if...

1. You have more cousins than you can count.
2. on Saturday nights, you find yourself on the couch watching Sabado Gigante.
3. You ever tried to fit 10 or more people in a car thats meant for 4 and yelled "entren, que caben mas!"
4. You can dance merengue, salsa and cumbia without music.
5. You LOVE soccer.

Hispanics-

1. Have big families.
2. Are drug dealers or gang bangers.
3. Are "illegals", or entered the country illegally.
4. Are uneducated.
5. Are only good as for working as hired help.
6. Always eat chicken, rice and beans.
7. Are passionate lovers (this is one of the better stereotypes)
8. Are good dancers.
9. Take away jobs from Americans.
10. Can't speak english.



Males-

1. Have to be the head of the household and provide for the family.
2. Think about sex ALL the time.
3. Are oblivious to feelings.
4. Are aggressive.
5. Are always trying to get in a girl's pants.
6. Masturbate frequently.
7. Are only interested in sports and such.

Hispanics-

1. Have big families.
2. Are drug dealers or gang bangers.
3. Are "illegals", or entered the country illegally.
4. Are uneducated.
5. Are only good as for working as hired help.
6. Always eat chicken, rice and beans.
7. Are passionate lovers (this is one of the better stereotypes)
8. Are good dancers.
9. Take away jobs from Americans.
10. Can't speak english.



Males-

1. Have to be the head of the household and provide for the family.
2. Think about sex ALL the time.
3. Are oblivious to feelings.
4. Are aggressive.
5. Are always trying to get in a girl's pants.
6. Masturbate frequently.
7. Are only interested in sports and such.

Stereotypes

In T.V. or in the movies, Colombians are always involved in drug dealing. Just as an example, in the movie “Get Rich Or Die Trying” where 50 cents acts, the Colombian mafia is all over the place. In “xXx” they show how Vin Diesel has to fight against the Colombian guerilla, and in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet for the first time in the capital of Colombia when its is being attacked by the drug dealers.

Race: (Hispanic)
-Have lots of children * Plan to have one maximum two
-Cant speak English * I believe I speak it well
-Are lazy * Not as much
-Like beans * Sometimes
-Party a lot * Everytime I can
-Are loud * Not at all
-Get welfare * No
-Are cheap * No
-Are minorities * I am, in this country.
-Immigrants * Yeah

Ethnicity: (Colombian)
-Could dance well * Average
-Good humor * Yes
-Love the good life * Who doesn't?
-Fashion lovers * A little
-Drug exporters * Not at all
-Play soccer * Used to play
-Have a Spanish accent * I can't notice it
-Conceited * No
-Look younger * Maybe
-Well spoken * I try to

Gender: (Male)
-Like sports * Not really
-Works out * Sometimes
-Don’t shave * No
-Careless for dirt * No
-Messy * No
-Lazy * No
-Dumb * No
-Head of household * Might be
-No feelings * No
-Have initiative * Yeah

Sexuality: (Heterosexual)
-Must experiment with lots of women * No
-The more masculine the better * Normal
-Should have children * Yes
-Are afraid of other sexual preferences * No
-Should not care for looks * No
-Be attractive until marriage * No
-Have to have a job * Yeah
-Be independent * Yeah
-Get married at a mature age * Maybe
-Make your couple happy * Definitely

You know you’re a Latino when you don’t have turkey in Thanksgiving Day.
You know you’re a Latino when your family gets drunk in December 31st.
You know you’re a Latino when your entire family meets for fieldtrip.
You know you’re a Latino when you celebrate Christmas December 24th.
You know you’re a Latino when rice is always in your plate.

you know your spanish when...

1) you know your spanish when your family calls cornflakes "conflays"
2) you know your spanish when your mother hit you with her chancla( flip flop)
3) you know your spanish when you eat a lot of rice and beans
4) you know your spanish when your parents told you the story of "la llorona" so you could go to bed early.
5) you know your spanish when some one in your family is named Maria.

HISPANICS:
1)drug dealers
2)drug users
3)lazy
4)h.s. drop outs
5)are uneducated
6)invading the U.S. as illegal immigrants
7)have no high paying corporate positions
8)don't have a college education far less
a college degree
9)have many kids
10)only good in farm and field work

ETHNICITY:
PUERTO RICANS:
1)loud mouthed
2)rebellious
3)proud
4)men are unfaithful
5)women are promiscuous

GUATEMALANS:
1)short
2)are the same as Mexicans
3)In Latin countries are thought of being
smart but having no social skills

WOMEN:
1)should be housewives
2)get paid less than men
3)shouldn't have high end corporate positions
4)are physically weak
5)shouldn't be able to make decisions about their bodies
6)Hispanic women should stand by their husband and
support them no matter what
7)In the army, women aren't allowed in infantry because they
are thought of as weak and a distraction to men.
8)In most cultures a woman's destiny is to get married, have kids and stay at home.
9)some cultures a woman has to be a virgin till marriage and a man does not.
10)are sometimes annoying and bitches

SEXUALITY:
1)Hispanic women are very sensual and seductive
2)Hispanic teens living in the U.S. are expected to become pregnant before
graduating h.s.
3)girls living in Latin countries are more innocent than girls living in the U.S.
4)Hispanic women are supposedly promiscuous

Stereotypes about Negroes

I'll try to do write negative and "positive" stereotypes. Maybe 5-5?

Blacks:
01. We're dirty (dirtier than Italians or Russians?)
02. We're criminal (thieves, rapists, drug dealers, etc.)
03. We're oversexed (because only black guys like to have sex)
04. We've got the biggest penises/vaginas/asses (this is true)
05. We're stupid (not genetically)
06. We all live the ghettoes (mostly true, but it's because of white people)
07. We're all on welfare* (see note below)
08. We're the best dancers (its true)
09. We all speak ebonics; we're all "down" with Hip-Hop culture (most do)
10. We're violent/aggressive (yep)
*Yeah special note on the welfare. African-Americans worked their asses off for decades and didn't get a damn cent for it. So what's wrong with taking a little break and having Uncle Sam give us a little dough? Remember, African-Americans never got any reparations!

West Indians (Trinidad/Jamaican):
01. We're workaholics (yes, it's cultural)
02. We're ethnocentric (who isn't?)
03. We climb trees (yes, this is true)
04. We hate America, even though we come here to work
05. We're all religious
06. We're thieves (we steal mangos?)
07. We all live on the beach (stupid advertisements for the Caribbean)
08. The women are sexy (some)
09. We all smoke marijuana (jamaicans)
10. We all live happy lives (some do, some don't)

Black Men (I don't know if you're looking for "men" in general or particularly black men. I'll just assume black men, since it's more specific)
01. We're all gangsters
02. We've got guns, knives, and what-have-you
03. We love white women (by the way, we don't)
04. We only like girls with big asses (which is why stereotype #3 is false)
05. We're womanizers
06. We're tall, mostly 6' or taller
07. We're all muscular and built, with HUGE penises
08. We are more masculine than white guys and asian guys put together
09. We are negligent fathers
10. We are extremely dangerous, and if you don't watch it we'll rape your women and children.

Heterosexuals (this is a tough one!)
01. Dominant
02. Aggressive
03. Masturbators
04. Interested in younger women
05. Sexist?
06. Homophobic
07. etc.
08. etc.
09. etc.
10. etc.

The heterosexual thing is a real tough one, and I honestly can't think of any more stereotypes. I really can't think of any differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals. I mean when it comes to the men, gay men tend to be more passive or effeminate? I don't know..meh.

I don't know if anyone is going to read this, but as much as we all thing that stereotyping is horrible, we all do it and subconciously we sincerely believe some of these stereotypes. In my humble opinion, it's impossible to live in America or adapt American culture without adapting the racist principles. The country was pretty much founded on racist ideologies.

Quick stuff: My ex-best friend was an asian girl and everyday she'd talk about how she hated "spics" and they should go back to their country and all that blah blah blah. And then I know this other asian kid who's calling black kids 'nigger' and all that crap. Like where the hell do they learn these things? Do they use 'spic' and nigger in China? (not rhetorical). One time I asked this Korean kid what he thought about blacks, and he said he didn't like them because "they can't even speak the language." And then it hit me. WOW. This kid has been really been indoctrinated. I mean "they can't speak the language" is the #1 complaint against non-English speaking immigrants, and here you have a Korean parroting a white-constructed stereotype. THAT scared the shit out of me. (All racial epithets like chink, gook, nigger, spic, etc. were invented by Whites)

Yeah and one time in american racism class, this japanese girl (straight from osaka, international student) admitted that she was afraid of blacks, even though she had never seen one in Japan. So one day I saw her in the evening, and I asked her if she would be afraid if she were walking alone at night and a black guy was behind her, and she said yes. I asked her what if it was a white guy? And she said she would not be afraid. She said she's just afraid of blacks because of what she sees on [american] television. So I guess this goes back to what Kruger was talking about with the media propagating racism, sexism, etc.

Oh yeah and one time we made this T-chart, and we had stereotypes of whites vs. stereotypes of blacks, and yeah it was pretty clear that whites get all the good stereotypes. On the chart, whites got: handsome, clean, law-abiding, diligent, innocent, wealthy, orderly, modern, rational, and intelligent, to name a few, while black got: ugly, dirty, lazy, smelly, criminal, irrational, disorderly, stupid, etc. So yeah, crazy stuff, even if it's irrelevant.

What really amazes me is like conflicts among different ethnic groups, or kinda like non-whites who hate non-whites. Like you have a lot of, say for example, asians who just hate blacks or arabs or whatever, but they LOVE white people. Why? I don't know. I mean white people go to Asia and exploit all the people, but they still prefer white over black. Why this is, I don't know. I'm not saying every white is evil and every black is good, but it would seem that asians would have more of a reason to hate the whites. But the "asian girl 4 white man" thing is becoming VERY common. Why? I have no idea. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, but I'm just sayin I really wanna know why that is that so many asian women are attracted to white guys. But this has nothing to do with stereotypes...

Anyway, that's my daily digression. Plenty more to say, but you might not really care. If I feel how I feel now then I won't be in class tomorrow.

-Tristan™

P.S. I'm sick.

Well you know you're black when...

How you know when you're black:

01. You know you're black when you own every pair of Jordans...
02. You know you're black when you speak ebonics...
03. You know you're black when you always think you're a victim of discrimination...
04. You know you're black when you really are always the victim of discrimination...
05. You know you're black when you squander all your money on the latest inventions...

You know you're a ___ when...

You know you're asian when you have a rice cooker at home.
You know you're asian when you know how to play the piano and/or violin.
You know you're asian when you are lectured by your parents for getting a 99 on a test.
You know you're asian when you are bargaining with the store owner for a lower price on an item.
You know you're asian when you are sent to afterschool even when you don't need it.

Stereotypes

Jewish Stereotypes:
Have big noses-i dont think mines that big
Theyre cheap-definitly not, i just spend $90 on a scented candle
wants to control everything-i am a pretty big control freak
rude-i dont think so
loud/demanding-definitely not
look down on "non Jews"- again DEFINITELY not
buy cheap wine-i dont buy it i just drink it (and i dont think its cheap)
Jewish moms tend to be overprotective/worry warts-im not a mother yet but my moms rediculously overprotective
tend to be doctors/lawyers-most of my jewish friends parents are either one of the other

Women Stereotypes:
the weaker sex
bitchy/catty
love to gossip
caring nurturing
weight obsessed
pains in the ass
supposed to be a good "housewife"

im think im all of the above and i dont really plan on being a housewife but well see what happens

White American Stereotypes:
Assertive-i always get what i want, generally when i want it (in a completely not spoiled way)
Cold-not at all
Dishonest-im the most honest person youll ever meet, i always say whats on my mind
Evil-dont think so
Greedy-not at all
Lacking rhythm-i've been a dancer for 8 years so that doesnt actually apply to me
lusting for power
racist-not at all
untrustworthy-i can definitly be trusted
smart-im pretty street smart i think

stereotypes

1. Jewish people are cheap
2. All men are perverts.
3. Money grows on trees because I'm white.
4. Men who sleep with alot of woman are considered the man.
5. Jewish people are rich.
6. Jewish people have big noses.
7. Italians are good cooks.
8. Italian people are fat.
9. Italian people speak with their hands.
10. Being heterosexual is the right way of life.

stereotypes

Asian Stereotypes:

• Small in stature - I'm not too tall
• Very smart in mathematics- No, not a math person
• Horrible drivers- I don't know yet, don't think so.
• They know martial arts or some form of karate.- Not true,never took any lessons.
  
• Over achievers- I like to do good in what I'm doing.
  
• Speak with an accent- I don't think so.
  
• Dress up like Japanese anime characters - No, I don't read anime
  
• Own nail salons, laundromats, dry cleaners- I've been to many that are owned by asians.
  
• Eats cats and dogs - No, I don't eat them.
  
• female are usually passive- Sometimes I am abit passive.
  

Movies with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, the asian characters in Charlie's Angel all know martial arts. In many movies the asian characters always talk in an accent. Many of the asian characters are most always over achievers.
Heterosexual:

• Thinks they are "right" /normal - No
  
• Hate non heterosexual people- No
  
• Must go "ga-ga" for opposite sex-No

Movies often exagerates heterosexuality. Guys would drool over sexy females. Many television comedies poke fun of other types of people.
Female:

• Can't drive- I don't know yet
  
• Bound to be housewives- I don't think so.
  
• Can't maintain/keep careers- I don't think so.
  
• Can cook- I can cook some simple things.
  
• Are clean, neat people- I am clean, I try to be neat.
  
• Shouldn't eat in large portions of food- I don't eat alot, unless I'm really hungry.
  
• Shoppers/love shopping- I like shopping but not everyday.
  
• Academically less smarter than men- No, not all men.
  
• Lean and in right proportion = beauty- I think I am thin.
  

Advertisers of household supplies are mostly targeting the females. Whenever it deals with cleaning or cooking it is the females that are used in the commercials. Shopping advertisements always shows a female carrying shopping bags.

You know you're Jewish when...

You know your Jewish when….

1. You never understood why Friday night is party night
2. All your aunts and uncles are under 5 feet.
3. If you’re not dressed appropriately, you look a little “shlumpy.”
4. You have an Uncle Marvin who gives you gum or candy
5. You have an Uncle Marvin, period.
6. You got home from school 3 hours after your neighbors.
7. McDonalds looks like heaven- how do they get it so cheap??
8. You have relatives who live in Israel.
9. You waste more gas money looking for the cheaper shirt in a farther store than the shirt would’ve cost.
10. You’re not exactly sure what goes on in church

(You might have to be Jewish to get some of these, I don’t know…)

Stereotypes

Hispanics:
1. Thought to be uneducated
2. All Hispanic people are thought of as illegally entering the US
3. People tend to automatically assume that if you are Hispanic, you’re Mexican.
4. If you are Hispanic, you must be dealing drugs.
5. Latinos tend to steal.
6. Spanish food is known as Taco Bell and rice and beans.
7. Soccer is Gods gift to man.
8. You are supposed to have a tan.
9. Hispanic women have a lot of babies.
10. Hispanic women are the best cleaners.

When it comes to me, clearly I must be an exception because Hispanics don’t go to college. I was actually born in the United States so I am legal, and I am not Mexican. I don’t deal or do drugs, I don’t steal, and I hate Taco Bell. Rice an beans are a big part of a Hispanic’s diet but I love eating Chinese food and Pizza too. I don’t like soccer and I am as pale as any “white” person out there. I do like to clean and keep everything organized but I don’t plan on having (and I haven’t had) a lot of children.

Ethnicity:
1. All Colombians sell cocaine.
2. Shakira an idol to all Colombians.
3. Colombian coffee is the best in the world.
4. Colombia is the most unsafe country in the world.
5. Colombians are the worst of all Hispanic peoples.
6. If you are Puerto Rican, you definitely steal.
7. Puerto Rican people wear the Puerto Rican flag not only on the day of the parade but always.
8. Puerto Rican people are loud.
9. Your car has the strongest subwoofer and the bass is always on high.
10. You speak Spanglish.

As a Colombian, I do not sell cocaine, I like Shakira but she’s not my idol. I actually like Dunkin Donuts Coffee better. As a Puerto Rican, I do not steal, I don’t flaunt the flag left and right, I am not lound, I don’t like loud music. Yes I’ll admit I speak a bit of Spanglish here and there.

Gender:
1. All women know how to cook.
2. Women are nurturing and caring.
3. Women can’t drive.
4. Women are always dieting.
5. Women love to shop.
6. All women nag.
7. Women are always on the phone.
8. All women gossip.
9. If you are the head of a company or if you do your job well you are automatically a BITCH.
10. Women take forever to get dressed.

As a woman, I don’t know how to cook. I actually burn boiling water. I guess I am very nurturing and caring and I think I am a really good driver. I’ll admit I tend to diet and watch my weight, and I do like to shop. My boyfriend tells me that I do nag, but I don’t see it and I don’t really talk on the phone much but my cell phone bill is always ridiculously high. I don’t like gossip or to gossip and it takes me about thirty minutes to get ready for any occasion.

Sexuality:
1. Heterosexuals don’t get aids.
2. If you are a female heterosexual and you sleep with more than one guy you are a whore.
3. Being a heterosexual is the RIGHT way to live life.
4. Heterosexual women who don’t get married are spinsters.
5. Only heterosexuals have children.
6. Heterosexual women must be feminine.

stereotypes

Ethnicity- Jewish
I think that people relate jews with being rich, cheap, loud, stuck-up, doctors, big noses, big families, israel, hebrew, the bible, religion.
I'm religious and I know a little bit of hebrew, but none of the other things really apply to me.

Race- White
I think people relate white people with being pompous, suburban, big houses, racist, smart, golf-players, having 2 kids and a dog, wearing wife beaters, having good jobs, wealthy, christian.
I personaly don't think that I fit into any one of those categories.

Gender- Male
People usually associate males with being virile, strong, athletic, competitive, liking sports, insensitive, pompous, sexist, liking meat and drinking alcohol.
Some of these apply to me and some don't, but none necesarily because i'm male.

Sexuality- Heterosexual
People usually relate heterosexuals as being homophobic, insensitive, manly, having chewed fingernails, bad sense of fashion, sexist, manly, athletic, virile, and competitive.
I think i can relate to most of these sterotypes, but some more so then others

Stereotypes

Me, a Asian single girl, borned in China.
As a Chinese girl, people may consider:
I have small feet, because that's the Chinese traditional beauty;
I am short and thin;
I have diet everyday;
I never speak or laugh loudly in the public;
I should talk to others with a fan and move each step very slow;
I can cook well;

As a Asian female, you may think:
I can not drive;
I can not work if I get married;
I have to follow my husband after the marriage;
I have to do all housework at home and take care of my family.

stereotypes

My enthcity is Chinese.
People thinks that I am Yellow skin.
I think people may also think that Chinese are harm for the United States 's economic since we are immigrant and most of the Chinese immigrants are poor.

As a female, people may think:
I cannot drive well.
My room is clean all the time
I can cook
I should take care of my brother and sister
I should be a skinny girl
I should eat less

As a female, I have tried to achieve those expectation hard.

stereotypes

Race: Caucasian-Italian-Jew
White trash- Not true about me
Racist- Definitely not true
Cheap- Probably a little
Cocky- Probably a little
Conceited-Nope
Go Tanning- No
Wealthy - No
Religious- Not so much
Curse a lot- True
Blowout & a wifebeater- True

Gender:Male
Cocky- Probably a little
Sexist- Maybe certain things
Macho- True
Competitive- True
Aggressive- True
Jock- True
Stupid- I hope not
Sports oriented- True
Dependent on women- True
Risk taker- Not so much

Ethnicity: Italian-Jewish-American
Curse a lot- True
Blowout & a wifebeater- True
Go Tanning- No
Conceited-Nope
Racist- No
Greedy- No
Rich- No
Likes reality TV- No
Plays sports- Yes
Loud - Yes

Sexuality: Heterosexual
Macho- Yes
Jock- Yes
Homophobic- Maybe a little
Uses Women- No
Slob- No
Pigs- No
Insensitive-No
Cocky- Probably a little
Apathetic- No
Accepted- Yes

You + Nike > Boulder

AD

http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/bign.jpg

Bush: Do you think they bought it?

Moore: Americans these days are so naive.

Bush: Yea, tell me about it.

Yeah!! Logical Fallacies!!

Yeah a lot of pro-life activists commit the straw-man fallacy when arguing against pro-choice folks. "You believe in killing innocent babies? You're sadistic!" Most pro-choice advocates don't even believe in killing babies, but pro-life folks usually exaggerate the meaning of "choice" and make it seem like pro-choice folks are the enemy. Yeah it's a cheap way to win an argument. I don't know how much this relates to the article, but yeah sounds like something a feminist would say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwoRfFPLcQ

"Because everybody deserves to look like they don't eat"

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This is an advertisement for jeans, and seeing that phrase makes you realize how ridiculous the aspirations are, and that people are trying to look like they starve themselves. People might not realize this and just think that it's fashion, but it's kind of hard to miss when the caption is right there, hitting you in the face.

Seduce & Behold

It is incredible to find these type of images in sites as common as fashion industry websites. Are they advertising or controlling?...there might be no difference.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/149628http://www.metacafe.com/watch/20043/bottle_opener_boobs//pizza_man/

When I read that we had to post a shocking ad, this is the one that came to my mind. I remember seeing it about a year ago. Its an advertisment for an X-Box game, Hitman: Blood Money. I remember wanting to buy the game but I remember more what a controversy the ad itself was. As I can recall, the ad was deemed "mysoginistic" and "overly-violent". I think it does "work", in the sense that it provokes our morbid interest in death, and more interestingly, it combines the taboo of death and the sexuality of woman.

Shocking Ad

This ad really caught my attention and grossed me out. The ad is targeting people to help end poverty. It's showing how children are born into poverty and have nothing to eat and live in horrible conditions. I don't like the fact they used the baby but at the same time I think the fact that they used the baby is the reason I paid attention to it. My reaction might have been diffeent if it were someone else.

Taste... worth dying for

This ad is shocking because it uses lots of sarcasm, and it is telling people the truth about a bad diet and still telling them to practice it. It is incredible how the audience has the guts to go to this place when they know that what is being advertised is true. Maybe if you go once in a while there is no serious risk of being affected till the customer gets a heart attack. This junk food is being advertised as it is and this is their purpose, it sells with its real intentions. I believe that ads have reached a place where they don’t need to lie in order to function well. All they need is something unusual and tell you not to do it or that it is bad to be attractive to the human.

Link to the complete article:

http://smallbusiness.aol.com/start/startup/article-partner/_a/cashing-in-on-controversy/20070301164709990001

This was a shocking ad I found on the internet. It was part of a campaign to get people to stop wearing fur. I think the ad works because it shows the bitter truth. When people buy fur products, they are killing innocent animals. This actually shows that, and it's a side that most people dont really think about when they buy fur.

A Clockwork Orange

This scene is taken from the movie adaptation of Anthony Burgess' novel, A Clockwork Orange, mentioned in Grierson's essay. The protagonist, Alex, is a hell-raiser, who has been arrested and is in the process of a sort of "psychic driving" that is supposed to rehabilitate him.

Shocking..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCQmxBKelo4 .... I think this would go under shocking ads. This ad is trying to tell everyone that they are safer staying home and smoking weed than going out because the risk of anything happening to you on the couch is alot less than going outside.

snickers super bowl

when i fist saw this ad during the super bowl i didnt like it.. and i still dont like it.. but here it is..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHkoZ7ngAM0

Planned Parenthood: Racism at its Finest

Yeah go here: http://www.ppnyc.org/choicevoice/archives/2006_3/index.html It's just about Planned Parenthood (aka Klanned Parenthood) in New York City. I'm sure we've all seen their ads for birth control on the subway. First off, I think birth control is disgusting and turns women into machines, but no need to get political. The point is, I'm not too thrilled with Planned Parenthood marketing their pills to minorities. I mean 99% of their ads are targeted to blacks, latinos, and asians. People always talk how illegitimate births are a problem in the black community. Fine, I'd buy that. But since when is it a problem in the Asian community? I mean they keep putting their stupid ads in Spanish: Tu Salud, Tu futuro. Why not put it in Hebrew for the Jews? Their families are HUGE. On average, Jews have bigger families than blacks, so why the hell not market it to Jews? (By the way, I am by no means suggesting that it should be marketed to Jews.)

Maybe I'm reading too much into this. But I see it like this:

Whites are becoming the minority, and non-whites are becoming the new majority. Every year, New York City, along with the rest of the United States, becomes less and less white. Less white people is bad...VERY bad. We need more Whites and fewer colored folks, don't we? Colored folks are reproducing much faster than whites, and before you know it there will be hardly any white people left. We need fewer people of color, so let's encourage them to produce FEWER children. Who needs a Mexican family of 8 when a family of 3 will do just fine? The fewer the better.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS (EXCEPT FOR ONE) IS AIMED AT A PERSON OF COLOR: AN ASIAN, LATINO, OR BLACK. GO BACK AND READ THAT SENTENCE AGAIN, TWO MORE TIMES. THE ONLY WHITE PERSON THERE IS AN EASTERN EUROPEAN! WHAT KIND OF RACIST BULLSHIT IS THIS? (please pardon my language)

This whole thing reminds me of the pre-World War II international eugenics movement, when racial scientists were advocating sterelization of the socially undesirable: (mentally handicapped, physically afflicted, criminal, etc.) I think these ads are utterly repulsive and should be indefinitely banned.

Yeah the site boasts about Margaret Sanger, and she was a HUGE racist/anti-Semitic. Yeah do some research on her.

Anyway, that's my shocking ad.

~Tristan™

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJJPkZfhwMQ This is a commercial from this years superbowl. I think this shows one of the "shocking ads". I think it can go under the "intellectual shock" category. It is an "intellectual shocking" ad because the company shows the truth of marketing. Showing that they use sex images or party images in marketing. I don't know if this advertising works. It seem wierd to me.

Not really shocking, just 2 very funny/cute commercials-- "nike tag commercial," and "nike musical chairs commercial."

When i saw this ad last when it came out, i just thought..whats the point? Its been about two years later and i still dont understand what paris hilton (wearing almost nothing) washing a car has anything to do with hamburgers, or selling them for that matter. I understand that sex sells but you have to be a moron to buy a burger because of that ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0uIH3S4AOs

I didn't even know what this commercial was for till i saw the sprite at the end. I think it takes sexual advertising in ads pretty far, and doesnt even bother with "inuendo"-it just does it straight out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g0tWcCk8Vc

This one is French, and i think it's against speeing, but it's also pretty shocking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8q07ChbTw

shoking ad

I think this is a disrespectful ad. It doesn’t have the appropriate vocabulary to get women. First u think is going to show how the product is. But the just show the name and the ad is suppose to turn on a funny way. I would never buy the product.
The justify the ad saying “that is the way ads should be”.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMCVyp9TFrg

I was shock by this advertisement when I first saw it in you tube. Before this video end, I do not even know it is a car advertisement. I think this ad is too much about sexuality, and I was shock that how could it be boardcast in the television?

A shocking Ad

HTTP://img.post.mop.com/picture/200503/29/26/14026/20050329121327254.wmv
(This Ad is from : http://www.9ipet.net/9ibbs/dispbbs.asp?boardid=27&id=10406)

I was shocked by these pictures, because they appeared to the eye to be perfect, but they were not at all. All of them lost some of the the important things of their life and they don't have ability to make them toward to the former condition; unfortunately, they had to face that such as hunger, domestic violence, disability because of the war, excessive deforestation and so on. So I think this Ads show us the point that we must treasure the things that we own currently, the environment, our love and everything.

A funny Ads of cat food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUCA3NbUysQ

Tristan's ad example

ads

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/413604/u_s_department_of_health_human_services_partners_with_ad_coun/