Stereotypes Stereotypes The term Beatnik was first coined by Herb Caen in an article published by the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958. Caen coined the term by essentially Russifying the earlier term, Beat generation. The description beat generation was an earlier label invented ca. 1948 by renowned author, Jack Kerouac. Caen coined the term, beatnik, shortly after the historical launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik and also at the end of the highly anti-communist McCarthy era of American politics. As such, this was an era of intense anti-Communist sentiment in the US, and it was apparently Caen's intent to portray the 'beats' of the beat generation in a rather negative light by his turn of the new phrase. Kerouac's earlier term had more positive connotations, associating the beat generation with words like the musical definition of beat, and with the journalistic definition of beat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beatnik"
Bias and sensitivity guidelines are guidelines that have been set up by several major textbook and standardized test publishers to remove potentially offensive words and phrases from their texts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bias and sensitivity guidelines"
Blackface is a style of theatrical makeup that originated in the United States and was used to affect the countenance of an iconic, racist archetype, that of the " darky" or " coon". Blackface also refers to a genre of musical and comedic theatrical presentation in which blackface makeup is worn. White blackface performers in the past used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to affect jet-black skin and exaggerated lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tails, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation. Later, black artists also performed in blackface. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blackface"
At first Boy racer was the name of the AJS 7 R, the 1951 to 1962 350-cc-racemodell. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boy racer"
The term coasty (more often heard and seen as the plural coasties) is used in Midwestern U.S. universties such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison to denote students who come from either the east coast or west coast of the continental U.S.. The term is also more loosely applied to out-of-state students from other areas, particularly the Chicagoland area. Although the most general use of the term denotes only the origin of these students, there are often implicit or explicit associations that use of the term can evoke. One is that coasties do not pay their own tuition because they come from socioeconomically privileged families. Other associations include living in private residence halls (i.e. not dorms) and membership in a fraternity or a sorority. Other associations are fashion-related and are therefore more ephemeral. As of 2005, fashions deemed to be coasty are Ugg boots, The North Face jackets, and over-sized sunglasses. Although used as early as 1999, the term has become increasingly widespread since the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a story concerning the differences and tensions between coasties and students from the Midwest. ** An op-ed defending "coasties" soon followed in the conservative Mendota Beacon ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Coasties"
(Counterstereotype) A counter-stereotype, reverse stereotype, or anti-stereotype is the reverse of a stereotype or simply an individual who doesn't conform to stereotypes. It can also be opposition to the process of stereotyping. ...more on Wikipedia about "Counterstereotype"
Dumb blonde is a stereotype, typically applied to women with blond hair color, which achieved a degree of prominence in popular usage. Several notable actresses have (usually unfairly) been labelled "dumb blondes", Marilyn Monroe and Suzanne Somers (due to her role as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company) being perhaps two of the most notable examples. Dolly Parton is an example of a singer who used this image to her own benefit, singing songs such as "Dumb Blonde". Goldie Hawn is best known for playing a dumb blonde in several roles, including the stage persona she used on Laugh-In. The bimbo is an extreme form of the dumb blonde. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dumb blonde"
In English slang, an Essex girl is a young, working-class woman with an unsophisticated attitude to life. The sterotypical Essex girl wears a short skirt, high heels and bleach-blonde hair, often pulled back in a severe style sometimes called an Essex facelift. She drinks Diamond White, a very strong cider, which makes her loud and vulgar. Nobody laughs harder at an Essex girl joke than she does. She wears white slingbacks and drives a white Ford Fiesta. Essex girl is the female counterpart of Essex Man; both came into currency during the 1980s property boom, when sectors of British society enjoyed an affluence hitherto reserved for the middle classes. Latterly the Essex girl image has waned, to be replaced in part by chavette. ...more on Wikipedia about "Essex girl"
Essex man is a stereotype popular in the United Kingdom — a person of a working class background, with aspirations to own property and shares. Usually used as a pejorative, the term implied a stereotypical white lower middle-class Tory supporter who drove a Ford, lived in a council house (subsidized housing), resented foreigners, and avoided tax wherever possible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Essex man"
An ethnic stereotype may be either an overly-simplified representation of the typical characteristics of members of an ethnic group or a falsehood that has been repeated so many times that is accepted by many people as generally true. The use of stereotypes often leads to misunderstanding and hurt feelings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethnic stereotype"
Ethnic stereotypes in popular culture involve a stereotypical representation of the typical characteristics of a members of an ethnic group in music, literature, print media, film and the performing arts that is often false or over-simplified. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethnic stereotypes in popular culture"
: The Girl Next Door is also a movie starring Elisha Cuthbert. ...more on Wikipedia about "Girl next door"
A high school subculture is a phenomenon of adolescence in societies where most adolescents attend high schools or secondary education ...more on Wikipedia about "High school subcultures"
Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. In particular the term refers to residents of the Appalachia and later the Ozarks in the United States. Usage of the term "Hillbilly" generally differs from Redneck and Cracker, because Rednecks/Crackers reject or resist assimilation into the dominant culture, while Hicks and Hillbillies theoretically are isolated from the dominant culture. The term is sometimes considered derogatory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hillbilly"
Hippie (often spelled hippy, especially outside the United States) is a term originally used to describe some of the rebellious youth of the 1960s and 1970s. The word hippie was popularized by the late San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. Caen's articles were always written with the help of notes and letters from his San Francisco fan base. He is also credited as among the first to include the words beatnik and yuppie in his column. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hippie"
A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that has been deemed " hip", or "hep." The term was used originally in the 1940s and 1950s to describe aficionados of jazz, and it eventually described many members of the Beat Generation, but its usage declined in the 1960s, with the advent of hippies. Since the mid 1990s, the word "hipster" has been redefined to refer to members of a different subculture. Modern hipsters are those devoted to ironic retro fashions, independent music and film, alternative comics, and other forms of expression outside the mainstream. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hipster"
Hoser is both a slang term and a stereotype, originating from and used primarily in Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hoser"
Jock is the classic American stereotype of a male athlete either at high school or college level. The most commonly perceived "jock" sports are those emphasizing body mass, such as football, wrestling, basketball, weightlifting, and ice hockey. Stereotypically, jocks take pleasure in bullying unpopular students ( nerds). ...more on Wikipedia about "Jock (subculture)"
"Mammy" is a variant of " mother", used most prominently by blacks in the Southern United States since the days of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mammy archetype"
A market-dominant minority, coined by Amy Chua in her 2001 book World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, is an immigrant minority to a country that through means of facility, become disproportionately wealthy and powerful, as compared to the indigenous majority. The result of this is that class lines are then synonymous with ethnic lines, and class conflicts often become indistinguishable from ethnic conflicts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Market-dominant minority"
"Model minority" refers to a minority ethnic, racial, or religious group whose members stereotypically achieve a higher degree of success than the population average. This success is typically in income, education, and related factors such as low crime rate and high family stability. ...more on Wikipedia about "Model minority" http://www.shortopedia.com - now!
NASCAR dad refers to a male, usually middle-aged, working-class or lower-middle-class, and often rural; the group received this nickname because they are men who typically enjoy watching NASCAR racing (either live or on television), or comparable high-impact sports ( football, professional wrestling). ...more on Wikipedia about "NASCAR dad"
There are a variety of common national stereotypes about the inhabitants of various nations, held by inhabitants of other nations. Such stereotypes are usually prejudicial and often ill-informed, and often overlap with ethnic or racial stereotypes. However, some stereotypes may be positive (e.g. Australians are good at sports), although this does not make them acceptable. ...more on Wikipedia about "National stereotypes"
Nerd, as a stereotypical or archetypal designation, refers to somebody who is perceived to be of normal to above-average intelligence and whose interests (often in science and mathematics) are not shared by mainstream society. Most people's interests are usually about sports, music, fashion, food, weather, but nerds have interests that are more encylopedic and are in the fields of science and technology. The term is mostly widely used in the United States, but also has some currency in other English speaking countries such as Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nerd"
During the 2004 United States Presidential campaign pundits started talking about the "Security Mom", a successor to 2000's " Soccer Mom" and in theory a powerful voting bloc. Security moms were supposed to be concerned primarily with issues such as the war in Iraq, domestic terrorism and the security of their children. ...more on Wikipedia about "Security mom" This text is made for www.shortopedia.com
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