This document discusses how racial stereotypes are detrimental and inconsistent. It analyzes stereotypes related to African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics in the contexts of history, economics, education, and music using interdisciplinary research. In history, it discusses how African American stereotypes have portrayed them as dangerous, poor, and uneducated. In economics, it shows racial inequalities and inconsistencies in stereotypes about fiscal responsibility. In education, it discusses how stereotypes have limited opportunities for black and Asian youth. Across disciplines, the document concludes that stereotypes negatively impact races and lack logical evidence.

1. B Y : S H A E L A R A T T L E Y , S H A N I C E W A R R E N
A N D V I C K R A M R E D D Y
Stereotypes in Racial
Definitions

2. What is the purpose?
 Claim: Racial stereotypes are detrimental to the
growth of populations and can not be used to the
inconsistencies of said generalizations
 Evidence: Interdisciplinary research and the story
“Recitatif” by Toni Morrison
 Disciplines utilized: History, Economics, Education
and Music

3. Why Interdisciplinary Research?
 More disciplines = more evidence
 Different disciplines provide different viewpoints
 Analysis of different disciplines provides greater
credibility

4. History: African American Stereotypes from past
to present
 Minorities consist of:
 Danger
 Poverty
 Uneducated

5. Economics: Racial Inequalities
 A debated stereotype is African Americans are less
responsible in fiscal matters
 Origin of Stereotype: Slavery → Disenfranchisement
→ Racial Inequality → Less Responsible?
 Impact of Stereotype: Wharton Study shows that
blacks receive 1.3% less than Caucasian people

6. Economics: Logical Inconsistency
 Prevailing belief among banking institutions: blacks
are less responsible with money
 Analysis of recession says otherwise
 93% of equity was lost due to the 70% of the
population that was white
 Impossible to judge a race based on a sample

7. Education: A Limiting Factor for Black Youth
 Blacks’ disenfranchisement left them out of the
education system
 Origin of the stereotype that the black population is
less intelligent
 Study of Forbes magazine in 1998
 Lack of support results in lack of performance

8. Education: A Limiting Factor for Asian Youth
 Asian youth are expected to succeed without fail
 High expectations could help leave no room for error
 Asian students psyche is completely damaged a good
portion of the time
 Asian students can’t excel in anything but education?

9. Education: Invalid Stereotypes
 There is no evidence that blacks are inferior to others
in education
 There is no evidence proving that Asians can not
excel in other realms
 Stanford psychological study in 2004
 One can not define the positive and negative traits of
a population through adherence of stereotypes

10. Music: We can listen to more than one genre!
 Blacks are believed to only listen to Hip-Hop and
R&B
 Whites are believed to listen to only rock and roll
 Hispanics are believe to listen only to bachata,
merengue or other Spanish music
 People believe a person’s characteristics could be
identified by the music they like
 Blog: “Who Racialized Music?”

11. Conclusion
 Stereotypes negatively impact different races
 Stereotypes are not consistent and do not have logical
backing
 Historical precedent describes the origin of stereotypes
 Economics describe the idiocracy of banking institutions
and the inconsistency of judgment
 Education reflects the impact of stereotype on student
and the lack of backing with regards to one race being
smarter than the other
 Music shows that one can define a race based on the
music they listen to

12. Works Cited
 Arrow, Kenneth J. "What Has Economics to Say about Racial
Discrimination?" Journal of Economic Perspectives (1998):
91-100. Web.
 "Conspicuous Consumption and Race: Who Spends More on
What." 14 May 2008. Wharton University of Pennsylvania.
Web. 16 April 2014.
 Kelvin, Guest Contributor. Racialicious- the intersection of
race and pop culture. 21 May 2008. Web. 13 April 2014.
 Morrison, Toni and Doris Lessing. Recitatif. Barcelona:
Difusion, 2010. Print.
 "The Achievement Gap." n.d. Forbes. Web. 15 April 2014.