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How do stereotypes form? Our cultural milieu shapes our worldview in such a way that reality is thought to be objectively perceived through our own cultural pattern, and a differin
Interpretação de Textos (Understanding)
VUNESP · 2024
How do stereotypes form? Our cultural milieu shapes our worldview in such a way that reality is thought to be objectively perceived through our own cultural pattern, and a differing perception is seen as either false or “strange” and is thus oversimplified. If people recognize and understand differing worldviews, they will usually adopt a positive and open-minded attitude toward cross-cultural differences. A closed-minded view of such differences often results in the maintenance of a stereotype—an oversimplification and blanket assumption. A stereotype assigns group characteristics to individuals purely on the basis of their cultural membership.
The stereotype may be accurate in depicting the “typical” member of a culture, but it is inaccurate for describing a particular individual, simply because every person is unique and all of a person’s behavioral characteristics cannot be accurately predicted on the basis of an overgeneralized median point along a continuum of cultural norms. To judge a single member of a culture by overall traits of the culture is both to prejudge and to misjudge that person. Worse, stereotypes have a way of potentially devaluing people from other cultures.
Both learners and teachers of a second language need to understand cultural differences, to recognize openly that people are not all the same beneath the skin. Language classrooms can celebrate cultural differences, and even engage in a critical analysis of the use and origin of stereotypes (Abrams, 2002). As teachers and researchers, we must strive to understand the identities of our learners in terms of their sociocultural background (Atkinson, 1999). When we are sensitively attuned to perceiving cultural identity, we can then perhaps turn perception into appreciation.
BROWN, H.Douglas. Principles of language learning and teaching. 2000. Adaptado.
De acordo com Brown, estereótipos são formados quando
- olhamos para outras culturas usando apenas nossa visão de mundo.
- decidimos que características de um indivíduo são comuns a qualquer membro de uma determinada cultura.
- procuramos alocar qualquer indivíduo de outra cultura dentro da nossa.
- deixamos de reconhecer a complexidade da relação entre língua e cultura.
- esquecemos que indivíduos são únicos, embora tenham características de um grupo.
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Segundo Brown, estereótipos se formam quando esquecemos que as pessoas são únicas, mesmo que compartilhem traços culturais.
O autor mostra que nosso ambiente cultural molda a visão de mundo e, com uma postura fechada, simplificamos demais a realidade, passando a atribuir características de grupo a indivíduos com base apenas em sua filiação cultural.
Um estereótipo pode retratar o membro “típico” de uma cultura, mas é impreciso para descrever uma pessoa em particular, porque não consegue abarcar a singularidade e a variabilidade dos comportamentos individuais.
Portanto, a ideia central é lembrar da individualidade de cada sujeito e evitar julgamentos generalizantes, valorizando a percepção sensível das identidades socioculturais.
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