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by bolilla on April 8th, 2007

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Do you think that positive stereotypes are just as damaging as negative stereotypes (e.g. all Asians are good at Math)?

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  • by FancyFeast on November 28th, 2007

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    THERE ARE positive stereotypes contrarily to intuitional belief. ALSO, they have an OPPOSITE effect than the negative ones, but not in all cases. It is easy to think there are no positive stereotypes and think they are all bad but it is also ignorant to propose such facts.
    It has been proven through research that you have two different types of esteems. One is personal esteem which is solely based on your indiviual aptitudes and capacities (which we all are aware of). The other is the esteem you have versus your culture. Depending on how people generally perceive your culture, your esteem will also be affected. If you perceive your OWN culture as being good, positive, your esteem will be boosted as well since you feel like you belong to a good group. The opposite will not necessarily do the same impact. Let me explain.
    Lets say you are muslim and come to the USA. People obviously have a negative perception of your culture there. This is technically called "the negative social mirror". You then have 3 possible reactions to that mirror.
    1- The fatalist approach.
    you will accept those judgements as being factual and valid and then will feel diminished in your whole since you feel like you are part of a negative culture, thus resulting in bad self-esteem.
    2- The positive rebellion
    you will NOT accept those as being valid and try to prove people wrong by showing them how good you really are, thus having a positive, productive effect.
    3- The negative rebellion
    you will NOT accept those as being valid and have agressive impulses and well... a rebellious attitude towards society... thus resulting in crime and hatred, reinforcing the stereotypes against the culture.

    BUT THE POSITIVE STEREOTYPES have a good influence on your self esteem as you are proud of your culture and the positive perception. Only thing is, if you do fail to meet those standards, you fould feel like you are a disappointment to those of your culture, but the stereotypes wouldn't change a thing about that since your would feel like a disappointment for the failure with or without them anyways.

    It is what was learned in my psychology class on cultural psychology.

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