The history of America has grown from the contribution of multicultural culture of numerous groups in the American nation. As the ethnic group entered into the land of America, they faced obscurities such as dealing with stereotypes and favoritism. Based on the groups’ capabilities, the U.S. society used the culture of every group to create the group’s identity. Even though every group characterizes their own identity and historical particulars of slavery, they explored crimes in order to gain social recognition upon reaching America. The criminal and social activities portrayed by these groups led to stereotypes .
The stereotype of the Japanese American group led to think that every Western-looking person came from American, and foreigners are distinguishable by their nationality. Arabs and Muslims are stereotypes as bombers, terrorists, billionaires, and belly dancers. The Jews are stereotype as bad lovers, good with money, and politically active. The Hispanic Americans are stereotype as being poor, and working for low-income job, and the women are over sensual and passionate. The Native Americans are stereotype t as fierce warriors, braves people, and alcoholics. Not all of these stereotypes are as correct as others may think they should. In the last three centuries when ethnic groups were new in the U.S. society, the society viewed them as minorities. In our day, however, the matter of reverse prejudice and color-blind racial discrimination strategy has dominated when certain members of particular ethnic group is favored. Color-blind policies are the U-turn of reverse favoritism, where White men reserves positions of power based on their personal recommendations, informal social networks, and family ties. For instance, the affirmative action program (AAP) automatically admits college applicants of minority groups, stereotyped on the root of race and gender.
Looking at these circumstances, the ethnicity of individuals influences the behavior and thinking patterns of the U.S. culture, spreading across the employment system, social gathering, and education. To sum up, the Institutional favoritism influenced by stereotypes and prejudices persists to be an imperishable dilemma in the United States, and America has a lot to do in view of trouncing favoritism of different ethnic groups.
References
Schaefer, R. T. (2011). Racial and Ethnic Groups. New Jersey: Pearson Education.
