This document summarizes a debate about stereotyping. It provides examples of how stereotyping damages people mentally and can lead to bullying. It also discusses how clothing, social class, media portrayals, and behaviors can encourage stereotyping of groups. While stereotyping may be difficult to completely stop, the document suggests that open communication, understanding different perspectives, and mature conversations can help improve attitudes between people.

1. Film Evaluation Sheet
1. Can you give two examples from the debate as to why people
stereotype?
People like to label others because it makes them feel better and they
only judge what is on the outside. Racism, blonde women are dumb,
clothing – girls with short skirts, goths with shaved hair, boys with baggy
jeans etc.
2. How does stereotyping damage people? Give one example from the
debate that we had.
Damages them mentally, it can lead to bullying. One example was the
London riots, young people were blamed for looting etc. Actually only one
quarter were under 18.
3. What ways did you pick out as to how people stereotype one another?
Clothing categories people into a certain group. If you are out with
friends and making a lot of noise, adults will stereotype us and label us as
trouble makers.
4. How does society encourage stereotyping?
Social mobility: if you are middle class or rich you are considered posh,
you will probably be treated better than other people. The news also
encourages society to stereotype other people. For example, immigrants
taking British jobs.
5. Can we ever stop stereotyping?
No because sometimes we don’t realise that we are doing. It is the way
that people judge a book by its cover. The media may need to take some
responsibility, they have opinions about people and sometimes they
catergorise groups.
6. How can we improve people’s attitudes towards one another?

2. Communication or dialogue is a way of interacting with people verbally this
way people are more understanding because they can get things off their
chest. Negotiation is important because people might have different
opinions and they need to be able to exchange or mature conversation.
Self and peerevaluation
Look at the evaluation criteria and decide the following:
1. How would you mark the arguments that you made?
Ok Good Very good Excellent
2. Pick a person from the class that you thought did really well in the
debate and put their name here:
How would you mark the arguments that they made?
Ok Good Very good Excellent
3. How could improve your debating skills? Pick out three things that the
other person did well that you can do next time.
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