Men In Gorilla Suits

Men in Gorilla Suits Ep. 93: Last Seen…Stereotyping

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Synopsis

A guy in a pickup truck drove up to Christopher and a couple friends at their high school in the 80s. This is what he said: Y'all got any blacks on your football team? Everyone shook their head. Then how can your team be any good? Everyone was stunned by the stereotype, and the guy drove off. Whether it's a drunken Irishman, a pasta-slinging Italian, or a cartoonish Native American mascot, stereotypes continue to live on. And that's what we're talking about this week. We kick off the episode with the first stereotypes we ever remember hearing. From there, we jump to the most damaging stereotypes we've ever heard, before talking about if we've ever heard a stereotype that was proven right. Next, we talk about where stereotypes come from, and why many have a need or compulsion to stereotype certain people. We also spend a couple minutes discussing if we've ever found stereotypes to be useful, and then pick a few groups we could be safely classified into and talk about how well we conform to the stereotypes