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Stereotypes Worksheet - Pearson
Stereotypes Worksheet Warm-Up 1 Read the following jokes. What is your opinion about jokes like this? Heaven is an American salary, a Chinese cook, an English house and a Japanese wife. Hell is defined as having a Chinese salary, an English cook, a Japanese house and an American wife. Dundles, A and Pagter, 1991 Never try to teach a pig to sing, p. 232. Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian and it is all organised by the Swiss. Hell is where the chefs are British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, the police German, and it is all organised by the Italians. Parade magazine, 1 January 1989, p. 6. Vocabulary 2 Find the words in the Tall, White, Young Male' text on page 2. Use the context to work out their parts of speech and match them with the definitions. Word Part of speech Definition 1 assume 2 neutral 3 perceive 4 positive 5 discriminate 6 attribute 7 characteristics 8 gender Definitions: a a quality or feature of something or someone that is typical of them b good or useful c neither good nor bad d the fact of being male or female e to think something is true, although you do not have proof f to believe or say that someone or something has a particular quality g to treat a person or group differently
stereotypes are much more damaging, lead to prejudice, discrimination and great injustices as well as causing untold offence. However, positive stereotypes can also cause problems. We may find ourselves in trouble if we rely on stereotypes and assume, for example, that old
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