Development of a General Sociological Orientation (GSO)

1. The sociological phenomenon that interests me the most is that of black people, or African Americans, and the stereotypes that are assigned to them. A stereotype is a simplified image of a group, object or an individual. The basic assumptions that
I made about this particular social phenomenon are that the stereotypes that are assigned to black people have some truth to them, but are mostly based upon ignorance. I also believe that the stereotypes are in place to keep society's mind frame conditioned to place and keep certain races in superior and inferior positions. If children of each culture can categorize strangers to their "normal" groupings by the age of three, and can consistently match each racial category by the age of five, then what do adults believe, or have come to know as true in their minds, after a lifetime? Even though people's beliefs are set on what that they have been taught or what they have......

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Title: General Sociological Orientation
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