3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading this week, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

I'd like to speak of powerless stereotypes from this chapter because I feel that even as a United country the people of the United States weaken themselves through stereotyping, prejudice, and racism. I sometimes fall into the thought of stereotyping, prejudice, and racism so don't take this as an offense to America.

Anyways, powerless stereotypes is what causes us to draw incorrect conclusions of other people. There was once an episode of South Park where Eric Cartman kept on telling his friend Tokken Black (a black child) that since Tokken is black he's supposed to have a bass guitar and know how to play bass. Tokken was angry after he realized how he fit Eric Cartman's stereotypical view so perfectly.

The two powerless stereotypes listed in the book is sex-role and ethnocentrism stereotyping. In the sex-role stereotype we face a daily struggle between men and women's opinions and decisions. I currently have a male friend who refuses to practice Wing Chun Kung Fu because it was originated by a Buddhist nun (a woman). Even if Bruce Lee was the one who made Wing Chun Kung Fu popular through his own practice, my male friend continues to deny the practice even if Bruce Lee practiced it himself. Ethnocentrism is a problem we face in the United States and it involves races in most cases. Do Asian people drive well? Do white people get arrested more than blacks? Do latino people look for work through resumes or behind a home depot? I'm sure that you have heard of all the stereotypes as long as you grew up in the United States. But that's the issue with ethnocentrism the horrible views of all the races cause us to go through Homophily and all we want to group up with is those that are culturally the same as us. Which is reason enough for me to say that our United States isn't 100% United after all.