Stereotypes & Prejudice
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Re: Stereotypes & Prejudice
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This is great book for many reasons, but especially because it addresses the difficulty older generations have in moving past old stereotypes. I recently had a conversation with my grandparents trying to explain the concept of systemic racism, and it is hard for them to "take off" the lens of the way they are used to looking at the world.
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It is indeed difficult to eliminate stereotyping. Growing up, the people around us portray this and it does get embedded in our subconscious. Perhaps exposure to different kinds of people would help ease the unintentional stereotype that we have.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑01 Sep 2020, 05:12 This book deals with many important and relevant subjects; motherhood, race, friendships, found families, sexuality, abuse, grief, regret, interracial marriage, guilt. Stereotypes, however, can influence our attitudes and behavior in ways that we are unconscious of. We see it in all of these three families. Stereotypes can cause deep harm even if nobody actively “intends” that harm. In order to expose stereotypes and to explore how they shape our interactions with others despite our best intentions, we first have to acknowledge their existence. There is also the idea of implicit bias; stereotypes or biases against groups of people that may be in our heads even though we do not want them to be.
What are some of the stereotypes or prejustice that you noticed within those subjects in this book? How do you think author dealt with them?
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Yes.Bertha Jackson wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020, 20:41 Due to racism, which is stereotyping, the grandparents missed a lot in their daughter and granddaugher's lives. That is something they will never get back.
Sad, but true.
Funny enough, with age, comes this realisation and the urge to correct it. Then you see some grandparents going to apologise to grandchildren they had previously refused to acknowlege due to racism.
While in some, this realisation never comes.
It is like for some the world will always be black and white- two ends of a pole.
I suppose one good way of doing something about it, is portraying this reality in a book as the author has done here.
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The part that moved me was when Maureen went to her mother to tell her that she was pregnant with her grandchild but she slammed the door on her face. It was really touching. And also when she told Kalayla about everything that happened. I wanted to cry too.Joseph_ngaruiya wrote: ↑04 Sep 2020, 14:47In this book, which moment of the prejudice against biracial families and marriages moved you?Anna Dougherty wrote: ↑01 Sep 2020, 10:17 In the book, there is prejudice against biracial families and marriages. The author portrayed these prejudices very realistically and effectively.