1) The document describes a class survival experiment where students had to choose six people out of twelve to take to a safe house, and they did not choose the "lazy person on welfare" due to stereotypes. 2) It argues that just because someone receives welfare does not mean they are always lazy, and that person could contribute greatly to the group's survival, but society writes them off due to labels. 3) The experiment showed how quickly people judge and stereotype others based on jobs, ethnicity, and beliefs rather than considering each person's abilities.

1. Survival
Daniel Robertson
The survival experimentwiththe classshowedalotabouthow people assume thingsanddonot
thinkanyotherway. We as a group hadto choose whowe wouldkeepinthe safe house andwhowe
wouldkickout.I thinkthere were twelvepeople butwe couldonlykeepsix of the bestpeoplewhowe
couldsurvive with.Whenitcame to picking,noone pickedthe “lazypersononwelfare”.People see
“welfare”andthinkthe personisgoodfornothingand couldnothelpthe group inany way.Andjust
because theycanbe lazydoesnotmean theyare alwayslazy.That personcan reallyputforthforthe
groupbut whensocietyseeswordslike“welfare”and“lazy”theywrite off thatperson.Itreallyshows
howquicklypeople will notgive anycertaingroupachance because mostof themgetlabelled. That
goesto indicate thatwe as people quicklylabelandstereotypepeople,groups,andethnicgroups.To
survive we mayneedtofurtherdiscusswhatwouldhelpthe mostandthat people we wouldhave to
keep,if itwere ina real situation.Evenwiththe smartestpeople inthe group,we maystill notsurvive.
The group wouldhave totake in everydetail tobe able tosurvive withthe perfectgroup.Towrapthis
up,thislittle experimentshowshowfastwe goto judge andstereotype peoplebecause of theirjobs,
ethnicity,andbeliefs.