Not only does this single story of Latinos portray them as undocumented immigrants, it portrays them as lower class citizens worthy of nothing more than a blue collar career. The most common depiction of Latinos in the media are hispanics that work as maids, landscapers, drop outs and criminals.
The truth is that all humans are prejudice, prone to assumptions and judgements. We use stereotypes to help navigate through the gaps in out knowledge about people who are different than us. In this time in this country, a white person in the beneficiaries of privileges and powers, while Latinos still battle deep-seeded prejudices.
I did the same stereotype. I agree that many Latino's are characterized as being immigrants and hardly know how to speak English. Latino's really do still receive a lot of prejudice stereotypes, especially from the media!
ReplyDeleteNot only with this stereotype but I think with all, they limit themselves to cliches. Its easy to be what someone tells you you are, if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI also wrote about perceptions of Latinos and I agree that the prejudices against Latinos are deep-seeded. I think that the majority of media portray them as lower-class citizens, but there are a handful that depict them as underdogs pursuing the American dream.
ReplyDeleteOne time I was mowing my lawn and someone asked me, "isn't that what Mexicans are for?" Really sad someone would actually take the time to point out that stereotype.
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