week 4

This week in sociology we watched the movie Bronx Tale and learned about different stereotypes that are in the movie.We learned that stereotypes are generalizations based on flaws and traits a single person or group.In the Bronx Tale movie you get stereotypes  that people depict that are not true.Like in the movie the main character C thinks that this African American girl he likes has an exotic name which is Calogero. But that was not true. Compaired to her name which was Jane he had the more exotic name then she did. Another stereotype that is depicted in the movie is that all Italians are gangsters.But that is not true as well in the movie.Look at C's dad.He is Italian and he stays away from the gangsters live a working mans life even though he keeps getting offers from the gangsters but does not excepting them because he does not want any thing to do with them.

Sometimes stereotypes appear in my own life. Like people from other states think that all people From Chicago have an accent . Some people from out of state tell me that I have a Chicago accent and I think of that as stereotyping because they are dictating where I am because of my accent.Which is also not true.Many people from Chicago don't have accents. But people don't really notice because it is easer to recognize  the stereotype and know where you are from.