A School Experiment on Hispanic Stereotypes
Operational definition for six attributes
- Tatoo(s)- if the person has a tattoo in visible sight of a passer by
- Baggy pants- if the pants look like they are too big for the person and would be completely falling off if it weren't for their belt or the fact they were holding the pants up themselves
- Shaved heads- if the person has a shaved head whether it be with a razor or just a buzz cut
- Siesta- asleep in the middle of a public place
- Manual labor- doing labor that would be considered manual or blue collar
- religious- if the person is wearing something/has something tattooed on them that would be recognized as religious (cross, Jesus, Virgin Mary, etc.)
Findings
All of my observations were made in two of the high traffic areas at UTSA, the Sombrilla and the University Center. Of the twenty people I observed only five of them met any of the attributes that are included in the stereotypical Hispanic. There was one man who had a shaved head, another man who had a cross on his necklace. I observed three women with any of these attributes and they were all wearing a necklace that had some sort of religious symbol on it. The one thing I did notice was that all of them we're dressed white collar and a number of them seemed to be very trendy with the way they dressed. The one man with the shaved head was actually dressed nice (slacks and a dress shirt) and was carrying a brown leather briefcase.
What went wrong?
On the two days of observation I took down the attributes of 20 people and I feel that we could've gotten an even better idea of what was going on if we had some more time or the chance to observe more people. It's also hard to tell sometimes if a person is in fact a Hispanic/Latino by just glancing at them.
Improvements
We can broaden some of the attributes that we listed as a group. I felt that some of them were put out there just so we could disprove the fact that stereotypes are not valid.
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- All of my observations were made in two of the high traffic areas at UTSA.
- On the two days of observation I took down the attributes of 20 people.
- I observed three women with any of these attributes.
6 Comments
Post a Commentum...i believe that all the above categories that made this pathetic "list" are ENTIRELY retarded. I'm sure that over 50% of the U.S. population wears baggy clothes. Have we taken a look at today's new trends and youth? And since when do shaved heads automatically make you Hispanic?
The new stereotype should be considering all Hispanics or Latinos to be Mexican, you dumb, ignorant bitch.
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Maybe if you changed the title from "Hispanic" stereotypes to "Chicano" your research would be a bit more correct.
Wonder who came up with that list of stereotypes. If I had a stereotypical view shaved heads, tattoos and baggy pants would not make the list. It would include black hair, brown skin, short, "round" (as in heavy set or full bodied, slightly overweight). They would be listening to music, laughing, and be excellent dancers, often speaking Spanish. Women would be beautiful, heavy make-up, "sexily" dressed, often flirtacious. Men would be drinking beer and often lascivious. Having a red-haired, thin, fair skinned childhood friend that was 1/2 Spanish, 1/2 Italian of course does not make me prone to believe those stereotypes which formed from association and sight.