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At
Santa Clara University, in February of 2007, controversy
concerning a racial party broke out. Many racial stereotypes
were perpetuated at the party, mostly concerning Latino
students, however there were black stereotypes there
as well. The picture to the right depicts some students
that the party. One girl has a balloon under her shirt
to short that she's pregnant. Another is wearing cleaning
gloves and holding a duster, denoting that she's a cleaning
worker, there is a girl holding multiple babies and
then a girl dressed as "a slutty gang member."
This party has some of the worst stereotypes of black
students at the party. The administration took action
after these controversial photographs appeared around
the Internet, but by then the damage was already done.
At a predominantly white school, this is really what
the students secretly think about blacks and Latinos.
Around campus, many people have expressed views that
"black students are ghetto" or "are hard"
or are not very smart, and are surprised when black
students break these stereotypes. As previous studies
have mentioned, when coming to college, people expect
their preconceived beliefs to be reinforced. Thus when
they see a black person acting in opposition to these
belifs, they either disregard or are in shock. For instance,
white students have said that they "are surprised
at how articulate some black students are," concerning
their voices. This has always been a huge annoyance
for me because they assume that I don't speak propery
English even though I am black. |