Stereotype

Experience can be a great journey to go through in any space of life as it gives you a chance to see first hand how things can work and operate in any setting. Being able to live through this can be such a fun thing to look back on as it get’s you ready and prepared for what can come next. However some things that are experienced the first time can be more remembering to yourself like experiencing being stereotyped or generalization. The reason why it could be more remembering is because of how negatively it can affect the person. I myself have been subjected to a stereotype quite a few times in many different situations. One of the most common stereotypes I heard from a few different people relates to my ethnicity of being Mexican American as stereotypes like eating tacos, being naturally good at soccer, and being in a gang can be quite a few to name.

I believe the media construction for some of the stereotypes can go along with being a burden to society. I feel it’s much of a bad assumption of those who are of Mexican American heritage. I also believe that it could lead to negative effects that it could be seen and adopted of the newer generation that are getting into media. Nowadays in today’s society media is a heavy influence especially among the younger generation and with these negative stereotypes it can influence those which could lead to having the same thought process to a specific group including those of race and ethnicity.

One example of how the construction in media is being played of stereotype of Mexican American heritage is the stereotype of Mexican American’s being stereotyped to being in gangs. This example is of an Mexican American actor who has played a role of a character named “Hector” who is a character that is a Mexican American gangster. This actor has played this character in 8 different films and in all of the films also the character’s name was the same which was “Hector”.

I believe that the construction could be a bit harmful as it can be passed down and heavily influenced to the generations that are coming up on media. Not only could this possibly be influenced but it can also spread that could possibly hurt others that are being affected from this. It could affect relationships as well with the influence that it has it can break up friendships especially for those who don’t know how much it can hurt the person they are talking about it with. As of right now media is very powerful as it has many resources to it’s advantage including media in social media, film, television, digital media, and all other different media. With this being said the spread of the construction could reach out to millions in which could see a counter construction from those who can try and use the same media and spread positivity which could end the stereotype thinking in media.