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		<title>Hispanic Scholarship &#8211; OUTLOOK GROUP/HOMESTEADERS LIFE MAKE JOINT DONATION TO FAMILIES OF FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIP FUND</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Franklin, OH. &#34;The Outlook Group, Inc., Advance Funeral Planning Professionals (SPPD is) has raised over $ 1,375.00 for the families of Freedom Scholarship Fund. On a voluntary basis from 12 October 2001 to April 30, 2002 a group of charities&#39; Outlook SPPD won $ 0.50 each funded contract arranged funeral fund, in addition to funds [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Franklin, OH. &quot;The Outlook Group, Inc., Advance Funeral Planning Professionals (SPPD is) has raised over $ 1,375.00 for the families of Freedom Scholarship Fund. On a voluntary basis from 12 October 2001 to April 30, 2002 a group of charities&#39; Outlook SPPD won $ 0.50 each funded contract arranged funeral fund, in addition to funds raised by the SPPD, specific amounts have been donated by the regional directors of development of Outlook. Corporate Office staff and financial partners, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  funeral, Homesteaders Life Company of Des Moines , Iowa This raised the total amount.</p>
<p>$ 4133.79 given to former President Bill Clinton and former Senate majority leader, Bob Dole&#39;s presidential campaign team funding of scholarships, which provides educational assistance to children and spouses of those killed or disabled as a result of the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The two, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  promised to help strengthen families, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  press freedom Studio tm Fund, which was founded by citizens Scholarship Foundation, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  of America (CSFA) and the Foundation Lumina for Education.</p>
<p>The, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  organizers, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  hope to raise funds for the deployment of at least $ 100 million candidates with financial need for all types of post-secondary education, including collage of two years and four vocational schools and training professional, and others. The Fund will continue until the needs of the families of, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  the victims of attack. Charles W. Anderson, CEO and president of Outlook Group, Inc., stated, Outlook Group and Homesteaders Life Company&#39;s employees, like all Americans were deeply affected by the events of 11 September and were eager to show their, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  support in a positive, cooperative manner.</p>
<p>He said, give generously to the families of Freedom Scholarship Fund is an opportunity for those of us in the profession of planning first funeral together to help ensure a bright future for many families of victims of this senseless tragedy!, hispani, , c scholarship,  individuals can make a donation or a request for aid amounts www.familiesoffreedom.org online or call toll free (800) 335-1102 .</p>
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		<title>Hispanic Scholarship &#8211; Scholarship essay: How to compose powerful scholarship essay andobtain scholarship you are aiming a</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scholarship essays are those of the most, hispanic scholarship,  important, hispanic scholarship,  theessays. effective and well-written test ToYou scholarship can help solve your financial problems and could change yourdestiny.Many students write this type of test, and most of them inmy experience of committing a serious mistake &#8211; treatscholarship test, hispanic scholarship,  as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scholarship essays are those of the most, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  important, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  theessays. effective and well-written test ToYou scholarship can help solve your financial problems and could change yourdestiny.Many students write this type of test, and most of them inmy experience of committing a serious mistake &#8211; treatscholarship test, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  as if it were another academic, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  project, but it is not. The most important test of this type ofthe more like an advertisement of your best features and opportunities.</p>
<p>Some students do not underestimate theimportance of this type of test and prefer to buy essay, entrusting this task to professional writing. Wewill attempt to, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  make ourselves, as a result of these guidelines.First, you must list your major accomplishments. Tryto list as possible outcomes, regardless of the fact that this award marked or received recognition for themselves or youstill others have not been rewarded for them. If you, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  think this results in ISAN itself, which requires much time, energy, skills, abilities and tenacity to ensure that it is mentioned, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  inyour list.</p>
<p>When writing your scholarship essay tries someself analysis, which focuses on various importantfactors, such as events, people or books, movieshave, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  influenced your life. If you have a favorite game or a movie, try to answer because I love them.It might not be so easy to answer this question because it can look.Sometimes like a movie, but not always understandwhy you the love. Try to analyze what are the characteristics of this film so appealing lead l. In order to impress edge scholarship in the future will make clear what oneshould andwhy you want to do.</p>
<p>Some tips tryto, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  scholarship is to understand how knowledge gain beused. In addition to achieving pure achievedsomething have in sport or music? If you have any hobbies shouldmentioned well. Try to describe why it appears theinterest in these activities, , . Once you have decided to topicyou going to write you can start to increase your test. Thefinal Council &#8211; your scholarship essay, although it should list manyadvantages possible &#8211; should be brief and should not be toolong.</p>
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		<title>Hispanic Scholarship &#8211; Small Businesses Eligible for Business Development Scholarships</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York July 21, 2004 &#8211; Business owners across the United States want to start or improve their business areeligible scholarships under an initiative announced today by Business Development Division Pipelines business. Under the scholarship program Pipeline companies, sole proprietorships, corporations, associations, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to compete for $ 3,600 scholarships. &#34;Small businesses [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New York July 21, 2004 &#8211; Business owners across the United States want to start or improve their business areeligible scholarships under an initiative announced today by Business Development Division Pipelines business. Under the scholarship program Pipeline companies, sole proprietorships, corporations, associations, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to compete for $ 3,600 scholarships. &quot;Small businesses have an incredible impact on our economy and our communities,&quot; said Jacqueline Edwards, CEO of Business Pipeline, Inc.</p>
<p>&quot;Investing in the future of small businesses nationwide through the Enterprise Awards Pipeline Fund invest in the dreams of the future &#39;America. &quot;Education is the key to economic opportunity,&quot;, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,   Edwards said. Because our small businesses need help for the sake of helping them to get a good start and a prosperous future, we must encourage, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  the best and brightest to enter the strong economy. affordable education is one of my top priorities for small businesses around the world and I know that without businesses like ours to make reducing the price of small businesses will not be able other medium and large size have.</p>
<p>I am pleased to be able to encourage the, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  talent for, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  small businesses consider moving to the next level in their growth to give them this award. &quot;L &#39;benefits andbusiness Enterprise Awards Pipeline start-up to five years nationally and more willing to take jobs in their communities. Candidates must be eligible to start a business or in business for five years or less, grossing, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  less than $ 500,000 a year. Business Pipeline announces scholarships for displaced workers similar, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  to the national level.</p>
<p>Interested companies can receive an application by sending a business size standard of self-addressed stamped envelope. The completed, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  form must be submitted with the following documents as attachments: the last 2 years of your tax return for 1040, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  or newer company, business description, biography business owners, marketing analysis, competitive, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  analysis, projections sales and an essay on &quot;What is the question that is most limiting, or for your business now?</p>
<p>As if watching a movie, lets you see all the time this issue was limited your expression, or sabotage your success is unable to perform the necessary tasks. &quot;All submissions must have 1&quot; margins top, bottom,, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  left and right. Contact information (name, address, telephone / fax and e-mail) at the bottom of each page ( See your foot on the application as an example), the body of each document should be single spaced and not exceed one page for each topic All entries must be sent through the postal service within ON September 30, 2004 at the following address: .</p>
<p>. Business Pipeline, Inc.Scholarship DepartmentP.O Box 2688New York, NY 10185 2688-Complete rules for the scholarship can be found under pipeline was based there http://www.businesspipeline.com/productsservices/scholarship1.htm Scholarships.Business 12 , providesdevelopmental consulting services for small businesses, micro businesses and entrepreneurs to be particularly, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  disadvantaged. The company currently manages about 1,000 companies and provides, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  comprehensive information on business development, management of revenue and marketing.</p>
<p>Through its specialized division , Business Pipeline also provides career development, including resume,, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  writing and financial lifestyle. management of displaced workers and other details are available on the website http://www.businesspipeline.comContact Ann Peters @ 212-281-3295Email : office@businesspipeline.com</p>
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		<title>Hispanic Scholarship &#8211; Scholarships, Fellowships and Government Grants, Oh My!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every student is eligible to receive funds for the costs of free education. Both the Fed and State governments and, hispanic scholarship,  private organizations, offer free money to help students pay for college. This is money that should be repaid! These funds are free in the form of scholarships, fellowships, internships and grants. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Almost every student is eligible to receive funds for the costs of free education. Both the Fed and State governments and, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  private organizations, offer free money to help students pay for college. This is money that should be repaid! These funds are free in the form of scholarships, fellowships, internships and grants. In this article we will clarify some confusion about what they are and how you can use to pay for, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  education. Your first step should be to obtain a paper FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).</p>
<p>You can buy one of these applications you plan to attend college, or online by following the instructions at: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov Please complete and return this document before the date limit. For future reference, you need to do this every year to continue to receive financial assistance, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  funded by the government. This unique application, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  is the key to many federal funding programs. Once the application is processed, you will receive a, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  statement, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  in the mail that lets you know how much money you qualify.</p>
<p>If you, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  find that the amount of funding you are entitled to does not meet your needs, you can pursue other public and private grants, scholarships and other programs, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>, . You can search online for scholarships and fellowships that you can benefit from. It is often a tedious, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  task, but further research would reveal great opportunities. What is the difference between a scholarship, scholarships and a scholarship? Scholarships and awards &#8211; grants and scholarships are very similar, the terms of trade is generally applied to post-graduate studies, while university scholarships typically set prices.</p>
<p>Scholarships may be funded either by public or private funds. Often, you need a scholarship to study with good grades and SAT scores There, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  are also scholarships that reward students for excellence in sport. You will find that there are also many scholarships and fellowships available unusually designed for students of various other qualifications. Government grants &#8211; Government grants for college are the public funds allocated to help people raise money for school. There are many government grants that students can enjoy, in collaboration with scholarships to help pay for college.</p>
<p>The best thing here is the paper FAFSA, which we discussed earlier. As you can see, government, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  grants, scholarships and more are available to help pay for college. All you have to do is due diligence, a bit &#39;of paperwork and maybe some research and discover the possibilities of funding more than you knew existed.</p>
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		<title>Hispanic Scholarship &#8211; Online Law Degree &#8211; Beware of Scholarship Scams</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beware of Scholarship Scams about Online Law DegreesDon&#39;t, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  get carried away by the rhetoric of reading a website about scholarships online law degree. Obtain, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  sufficient information on scholarships online law degree before jumping. Students and parents are encouraged, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  to read the statements made websites.Lets look at these sites may be complaints typical: a Scam &#8211; Money Back Guarantee Online DegreeWho for a law can guarantee a scholarship?</p>
<p>He knows, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  that just want the details of your credit card. Never reveal your credit card number, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  to the scammers. It says &quot;This scholarship will cost. Raise your eyebrows and ask&quot; Why? Scam 2 &#8211; Inside information about an online Master of law ScholarshipCrooks, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  say &#8211; &quot;You can not get this information anywhere else. This is not true. With on-line library and guidance services, you can get a lot of information about a Online Law scholarship.</p>
<p>Scam, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  Grade 3 &#8211; Instant Online Law Degree Scholarship&#39;We will do the job, say &#8211; why should they do this for you so that you can get online degree law? &quot;Get online degree in law in recent weeks &#8211; because the rest of us spend years a law degree online instantly if we could all get an online degree, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  law valid in, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  a week? Scam 4 &#8211; Runner-up for an online degree right ScholarshipOften you get a message flash on your browser you are a finalist &quot;or&quot; You have been selected for a scholarship online.</p>
<p>This is good news: If you participate in a contest, how come she is a finalist for the right online scholarship? tempting, is not it? Research Online Master of Law Scholarship Do not take on the world, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  when we offer a scholarship for law degrees, <strong>hispanic scholarship</strong>,  online. Do some basic research to Evaluate the authenticity of the foundation or program That &quot;Guarantees&quot; a scholarship to read online degree.FinAid advised students to be wary of financial aid seminars that ensures success, and eventually will pay for ride.</p>
<p>It Keep your eyes wide open before diving for a law degree online . Do not become a statistic being the victim of a fraud scam scholarships to pursue a law Jayalath degree.Dassana Online is the author of WebSuperTips newsletter. To complete Internet Business Turnkey http://www.OnlineSuccessKit.com home visit , make money immediately.</p>
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		<title>Scholarships, Fellowships and Government Grants, Oh My!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every student is eligible to receive funds without tuition for her. The U.S. federal government and state and private organizations, offer free money to help students pay for college. This money should never be repaid! These are surplus funds in the form of scholarships, fellowships, internships and even government subsidies. In this article, we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Almost every student is eligible to receive funds without tuition for her. The U.S. federal government and state and private organizations, offer free money to help students pay for college. This money should never be repaid! These are surplus funds in the form of scholarships, fellowships, internships and even government subsidies. In this article, we will remove some confusion about what it is and how you can use for your studies. The first step should be to obtain a paper FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).</p>
<p>You can purchase any of these applications you wish to attend college, or online by following the instructions at: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov Please complete and return this document within the deadline. For future reference, you need to do every year to continue receiving financial aid funded by government. This unique application is the key to many federal funding programs. Once the application is processed, you will receive an email statement that lets you know how much money you are eligible. If you find that the amount of funding you are entitled to not meet your needs, you can pursue additional grants and private grants and other programs.</p>
<p>You can search online for scholarships and fellowships that can benefit from. It is often a tedious task, but research can be excellent opportunities. What is the difference between a scholarship and a scholarship? Fellowships and Scholarships &#8211; Scholarships and fellowships are very similar, the exchange term is generally applied to graduate studies, scholarships and fellowships generally defined degree. Scholarships may be funded either by public or private funds. Often, you must receive a scholarship with good grades and SAT scores There are also scholarships that students, Hispanic,  awarded for their excellence in sports.</p>
<p>You will find that there are also many scholarships and fellowships available designed for students of unusually Various other titles. Government grants Government grants &#8211; for the university are funds allocated to help people raise money for school. There are many government grants that students can enjoy, in collaboration with scholarships to help pay for college. The best thing here is the paper FAFSA, which we discussed earlier. As you can see, government grants, scholarships and more are available to help pay for college.</p>
<p>All you have to do is due diligence, a bit &#39;of paperwork and maybe some&#39; research and explore the possibility of funding more than you knew existed.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The trouble with people is not that they don&#8217;t know but that
they know so much that ain&#8217;t so.&#8221; Henry Wheeler Shaw 
Do stereotypes usefully represent real knowledge or merely
reflect counter-productive prejudice?
Stereotypes invariably refer in a generalized manner to &#8211; often
arbitrary &#8211; groups of people, usually minorities. Stereotypes
need not necessarily be derogatory or cautionary, though most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The trouble with people is not that they don&#8217;t know but that<br />
they know so much that ain&#8217;t so.&#8221; Henry Wheeler Shaw </p>
<p>Do stereotypes usefully represent real knowledge or merely<br />
reflect counter-productive prejudice?</p>
<p>Stereotypes invariably refer in a generalized manner to &#8211; often<br />
arbitrary &#8211; groups of people, usually minorities. Stereotypes<br />
need not necessarily be derogatory or cautionary, though most of<br />
them are. The &#8220;noble savage&#8221; and the &#8220;wild savage&#8221; are both<br />
stereotypes. Indians in movies, note Ralph and Natasha Friar in<br />
their work titled &#8220;The Only Good Indian &#8211; The Hollywood Gospel&#8221;<br />
(1972) are overwhelmingly drunken, treacherous, unreliable, and<br />
childlike.</p>
<p>Still, some of them are as portrayed as<br />
unrealistically &#8220;good&#8221;.</p>
<p>But alcoholism among Native Americans &#8211; especially those crammed<br />
into reservations &#8211; is, indeed, more prevalent than among the<br />
general population. The stereotype conveys true and useful<br />
information about inebriation among Indians. Could its other<br />
descriptors be equally accurate?</p>
<p>It is hard to unambiguously define, let alone quantify, traits.<br />
At which point does self-centerdness become egotism or the<br />
pursuit of self-interest &#8211; treachery? What precisely constitutes<br />
childlike behavior? Some types of research cannot even be<br />
attempted due to the stifling censorship of political<br />
correctness.</p>
<p>Endeavoring to answer a simple question like: &#8220;Do<br />
blacks in America really possess lower IQ&#8217;s and, if so, is this<br />
deficiency hereditary?&#8221; has landed many an American academic<br />
beyond the pale.</p>
<p>The two most castigated aspects of stereotypes are their<br />
generality and their prejudice. Implied in both criticisms is a<br />
lack of veracity and rigor of stereotypes. Yet, there is nothing<br />
wrong with generalizations per se. Science is constructed on<br />
such abstractions from private case to general rule. In<br />
historiography we discuss &#8220;the Romans&#8221; or &#8220;ancient Greeks&#8221; and<br />
characterize them as a group.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nazi Germany&#8221;, &#8220;Communist<br />
Russia&#8221;, and &#8220;Revolutionary France&#8221; are all forms of groupspeak.</p>
<p>In an essay titled &#8220;Helping Students Understand Stereotyping&#8221;<br />
and published in the April 2001 issue of &#8220;Education Digest&#8221;,<br />
Carlos Cortes suggest three differences between &#8220;group<br />
generalizations&#8221; and &#8220;stereotypes&#8221;:</p>
<p>&#8220;Group generalizations are flexible and permeable to new,<br />
countervailing, knowledge &#8211; ideas, interpretations, and<br />
information that challenge or undermine current beliefs.<br />
Stereotypes are rigid and resistant to change even in the face<br />
of compelling new evidence.</p>
<p>Second, group generalizations incorporate intragroup<br />
heterogeneity while stereotypes foster intragroup homogeneity.<br />
Group generalizations embrace diversity &#8211; &#8216;there are many kinds<br />
of Jews, tall and short, mean and generous, clever and stupid,<br />
black and white, rich and poor&#8217;. Stereotypes cast certain<br />
individuals as exceptions or deviants &#8211; &#8216;though you are Jewish,<br />
you don&#8217;t behave as a Jew would, you are different&#8217;.</p>
<p>Finally, while generalizations provide mere clues about group<br />
culture and behavior &#8211; stereotypes purport to proffer immutable<br />
rules applicable to all the members of the group.</p>
<p>Stereotypes<br />
develop easily, rigidify surreptitiously, and operate<br />
reflexively, providing simple, comfortable, convenient bases for<br />
making personal sense of the world. Because generalizations<br />
require greater attention, content flexibility, and nuance in<br />
application, they do not provide a stereotype&#8217;s security blanket<br />
of permanent, inviolate, all-encompassing, perfectly reliable<br />
group knowledge.&#8221;</p>
<p>It is commonly believed that stereotypes form the core of<br />
racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of xenophobia.</p>
<p>Stereotypes, goes the refrain, determine the content and thrust<br />
of prejudices and propel their advocates to take action against<br />
minorities. There is a direct lineage, it is commonly held,<br />
between typecasting and lynching.</p>
<p>It is also claimed that pigeonholing reduces the quality of<br />
life, lowers the expectations, and curbs the accomplishments of<br />
its victims. The glass ceiling and the brass ceiling are<br />
pernicious phenomena engendered by stereotypes. The fate of many<br />
social policy issues &#8211; such as affirmative action, immigration<br />
quotas, police profiling, and gay service in the military &#8211; is<br />
determined by stereotypes rather than through informed opinion.</p>
<p>USA Today Magazine reported the findings of a survey of 1000<br />
girls in grades three to twelve conducted by Harris Interactive<br />
for &#8220;Girls&#8221;. Roughly half the respondents thought that boys and<br />
girls have the same abilities &#8211; compared to less than one third<br />
of boys. A small majority of the girls felt that &#8220;people think<br />
we are only interested in love and romance&#8221;.</p>
<p>Somewhat less than two thirds of the girls were told not to brag<br />
about things they do well and were expected to spend the bulk of<br />
their time on housework and taking care of younger children.</p>
<p>Stereotypical thinking had a practical effect: girls who believe<br />
that they are as able as boys and face the same opportunities<br />
are way more likely to plan to go to college.</p>
<p>But do boys and girls have the same abilities? Absolutely not.<br />
Boys are better at spatial orientation and math. Girls are<br />
better at emotions and relationships. And do girls face the same<br />
opportunities as boys? It would be perplexing if they did,<br />
taking into account physiological, cognitive, emotional, and<br />
reproductive disparities &#8211; not to mention historical and<br />
cultural handicaps.</p>
<p>It boils down to this politically incorrect<br />
statement: girls are not boys and never will be.</p>
<p>Still, there is a long stretch from &#8220;girls are not boys&#8221; to<br />
&#8220;girls are inferior to boys&#8221; and thence to &#8220;girls should be<br />
discriminated against or confined&#8221;. Much separates stereotypes<br />
and generalizations from discriminatory practice.</p>
<p>Discrimination prevails against races, genders, religions,<br />
people with alternative lifestyles or sexual preferences, ethnic<br />
groups, the poor, the rich, professionals, and any other<br />
conceivable minority.</p>
<p>It has little to do with stereotypes and a<br />
lot to do with societal and economic power matrices. Granted,<br />
most racists typecast blacks and Indians, Jews and Latinos. But<br />
typecasting in itself does not amount to racism, nor does it<br />
inevitably lead to discriminatory conduct.</p>
<p>In a multi-annual study titled &#8220;Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial<br />
Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy&#8221;,<br />
published by the Political Science Quarterly, the authors Peter<br />
Burns and James Gimpel substantiated the hypothesis that<br />
&#8220;economic self-interest and symbolic prejudice have often been<br />
treated as rival explanations for attitudes on a wide variety of<br />
issues, but it is plausible that they are complementary on an<br />
issue such as immigration.</p>
<p>This would be the case if prejudice<br />
were caused, at least partly, by economic insecurity.&#8221;</p>
<p>A long list of scholarly papers demonstrate how racism -<br />
especially among the dispossessed, dislocated, and low-skilled -<br />
surges during times of economic hardship or social transition.<br />
Often there is a confluence of long-established racial and<br />
ethnic stereotypes with a growing sense of economic insecurity<br />
and social dislocation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Social Identity Theory&#8221; tells us that stereotypical prejudice<br />
is a form of compensatory narcissism.</p>
<p>The acts of berating,<br />
demeaning, denigrating, and debasing others serve to enhance the<br />
perpetrators&#8217; self-esteem and regulate their labile sense of<br />
self-worth. It is vicarious &#8220;pride by proxy&#8221; &#8211; belonging to an<br />
&#8220;elite&#8221; group bestows superiority on all its members. Not<br />
surprisingly, education has some positive influence on racist<br />
attitudes and political ideology.</p>
<p>Having been entangled &#8211; sometimes unjustly &#8211; with bigotry and<br />
intolerance, the merits of stereotypes have often been<br />
overlooked.</p>
<p>In an age of information overload, &#8220;nutshell&#8221; stereotypes<br />
encapsulate information compactly and efficiently and thus<br />
possess an undeniable survival value.</p>
<p>Admittedly, many<br />
stereotypes are self-reinforcing, self-fulfilling prophecies. A<br />
young black man confronted by a white supremacist may well<br />
respond violently and an Hispanic, unable to find a job, may end<br />
up is a street gang.</p>
<p>But this recursiveness does not detract from the usefulness of<br />
stereotypes as &#8220;reality tests&#8221; and serviceable prognosticators.<br />
Blacks do commit crimes over and above their proportion in the<br />
general population. Though stereotypical in the extreme, it is a<br />
useful fact to know and act upon.</p>
<p>Hence racial profiling.</p>
<p>Stereotypes &#8211; like fables &#8211; are often constructed around middle<br />
class morality and are prescriptive. They split the world into<br />
the irredeemably bad &#8211; the other, blacks, Jews, Hispanics,<br />
women, gay &#8211; and the flawlessly good, we, the purveyors of the<br />
stereotype. While expressly unrealistic, the stereotype teaches<br />
&#8220;what not to be&#8221; and &#8220;how not to behave&#8221;. A by-product of this<br />
primitive rendition is segregation.</p>
<p>A large body of scholarship shows that proximity and familiarity<br />
actually polarize rather than ameliorate inter-ethnic and<br />
inter-racial tensions.</p>
<p>Stereotypes minimize friction and<br />
violence by keeping minorities and the majority apart. Venting<br />
and vaunting substitute for vandalizing and worse. In time, as<br />
erstwhile minorities are gradually assimilated and new ones<br />
emerge, conflict is averted.</p>
<p>Moreover, though they frequently reflect underlying deleterious<br />
emotions &#8211; such as rage or envy &#8211; not all stereotypes are<br />
negative. Blacks are supposed to have superior musical and<br />
athletic skills. Jews are thought to be brainier in science and<br />
shrewder in business.</p>
<p>Hispanics uphold family values and ethnic<br />
cohesion. Gays are sensitive and compassionate. And negative<br />
stereotypes are attached even to positive social roles -<br />
athletes are dumb and violent, soldiers inflexible and<br />
programmed.</p>
<p>Stereotypes are selective filters. Supporting data is hoarded<br />
and information to the contrary is ignored. One way to shape<br />
stereotypes into effective coping strategies is to bombard their<br />
devotees with &#8220;exceptions&#8221;, contexts, and alternative reasoning.</p>
<p>Blacks are good athletes because sports is one of the few<br />
egalitarian career paths open to them.</p>
<p>Jews, historically<br />
excluded from all professions, crowded into science and business<br />
and specialized. If gays are indeed more sensitive or caring<br />
than the average perhaps it is because they have been repressed<br />
and persecuted for so long. Athletes are not prone to violence -<br />
violent athletes simply end up on TV more often. And soldiers<br />
have to act reflexively to survive in battle.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with stereotypes if they are embedded in<br />
reality and promote the understanding of social and historical<br />
processes.</p>
<p>Western, multi-ethnic, pluralistic civilization<br />
celebrates diversity and the uniqueness and distinctiveness of<br />
its components. Stereotypes merely acknowledge this variety.</p>
<p>USA Today Magazine reported in January a survey of 800 adults,<br />
conducted last year by social psychology professors Amanda<br />
Diekman of Purdue University and Alice Eagly of Northwestern<br />
University. They found that far from being rigid and biased,<br />
stereotypes regarding the personality traits of men and women<br />
have changed dramatically to accurately reflect evolving gender<br />
roles.</p>
<p>Diekman noted that &#8220;women are perceived as having become much<br />
more assertive, independent, and competitive over the years&#8230;<br />
Our respondents &#8211; whether they were old enough to have witnessed<br />
it or not &#8211; recognized the role change that occurred when women<br />
began working outside the home in large numbers and the<br />
necessity of adopting characteristics that equip them to be<br />
breadwinners.&#8221;</p>
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