Stereotyping has come to be an unconscious effect, affecting nearly all people without any subtle signs. Stereotypes came from broad statements coming abroad generalizations of individual cultures on their way of living. Stereotyping groups have become a big focus throughout the world, and many people continue to claim false ideas but are blind of noticing themselves being bias. The effects of stereotyping is a huge problem because it has led to a separation of cultures, race, and has caused violence and many more problems.
Through my experience as a gardener, I have been judged countless times by clienteles due to the type of job Thold and the race I am. Those beliefs that have been placed on me come from all the migration of foreigners coming to the United States. One stereotype I have faced was the accusation that a Mexican descendant holding a job as a gardener has no educational value. Another stereotypical theory would be how I would be seen as a person who will accept any work available. Lastly, people have judged me by thinking that since I’m a gardener, 1 have no future for myself and will forever hold the job of a gardener.
Misconceptions have found all of these stereotypes of people who have had disadvantages and were unable to have control over their image. One stereotype I have experienced in the duty of mowing lawns is the belief that a Mexican has no reliable knowledge of reality. Since many immigrants reside in California, about twenty-seven percent of California’s population are immigrants; they are seen to have come to America for a better life and have the opportunity for an education.
With this in mind, Americans have seemed to come to a conclusion that no education can be found in immigrants, therefore, talking with one is made to be seen terribly difficult. Consequently, for this belief, it has been transitioned to descendants of immigrants, ergo, making coping with daily life tough. For instance, while having conversations with clienteles about what changes they would like done to their lawns, they have always given the impression to condescend throughout the whole talk.
A clue for condescension is that they always speak in the simplest forms possible for the ‘necessity for me to understand. They come to believe that I won’t be able to comprehend moderate words so instead of describing details as, “I’d prefer if you may only trim this bush and leave the others alone,” they always tend to s as, “Only cut this one, not that one, or that one. Do you know what I mean? I only want one bush trimmed. ” Somehow being a gardener has given many people the impression that I do not acquire a good education.
They express their wishes in the simplest elements possible where ten-year-olds are even capable of understanding. In addition to simpler forms, they are likely to personate a teacher as well. When I say this, I do not mean they come out saying, “Today in our little encounter | will teach you a few things of life,” but through ways of implication. When describing how they would like things done around the lawn, they begin to lecture the reasons on why it should be done in a specific manner even though it’s plainly noticeable.
An example would be when they ask to edge up a side of grass along a concrete pathway because it sticks out about a foot long over the concrete. After describing how they want it done, they follow through with the lecture. For example, the grass should not be sticking out because then they cannot walk down the pathway normally as usual, or how they can fall, tripping on the grass, or even because for a lawn to look decent, it needs to be cut precisely and not have uneven sides visible to a person’s view.
Even though it is my job to cut the grass and remove weeds from flower beds, and describe why things are carried out in particular manners, clienteles usually tend to point out the obvious. Clienteles remark about why some actions are to be done, telling me how I am supposed to be doing my very own job. Not only do people see a Mexican gardener as someone with little knowledge, but they are also proposing that a Mexican gardener will be willing to accept any work offered to them. With many immigrants not having competing skills, they are more often to turn to manual labor to provide for themselves and their families.
Americans generalize this by presuming that immigrants will work anywhere, no matter what the condition or pay is since they can’t find other jobs. The regular basis of the occupation I hold would be to only mow lawns, trim bushes, and all of the features relating to nature. While at work I have gotten many side offers, not the type that would excite someone, but one that is more demeaning to the self. An offer to remove all the junk from someone’s backyard is not the brightest job, nor a high paying job to offer to an individual especially if the customer even considers an inconsiderate idea.
Cleaning up the junk of someone’s else’s to take it to your home and have it removed bit by bit from your trash bin on your property every week by actual sanitation workers with the appropriate machines to do so is not the most considerate idea. Such propositions can cause individuals to question themselves, robbing them from their pride. Furthermore, offers made to Mexican gardeners can be because immigrants are more likely to be seen as needing money for their lack of skills to acquire a decent paying job in the job market.
With poor education and the absence of job skills, it becomes a huge challenge to find a job that would suffice for personal and home bills. When working at my job | have had many clienteles come up to me and say how I needed money because of how some of the equipment being used is old and raggedy. Clients have told me, “You look like you need money, your machine to edge the grass is all broken,” following with the proposal, “If you want, you can trim all of the bushes in my backyard (possibly ten bushes) for twenty dollars.
When clienteles believe that I’m in need of money, they begin to offer jobs, work that is usually out of the criteria in my line of work and they also suspect that they can set the price of the job themselves. Many people come to believe that since many Mexicans need money, then a Mexican gardener would be willing to accept any work even if it involves taking extra measures of personal resources to get the job done. Last but not least, I have gotten the criticism of thought of others believing I will not be able to advance in jobs to a more stable, year-round profession, and will remain in the same occupation.
The vanity of egocentric Americans resulted in the proposition of immigrants being incapable of new and diverse jobs. From the fact of a clientele phrasing, “I believe you have a very good job, and you will continue to grow your business by getting more and more work,” you can notice the attempt of covering up the petty indication of keeping an unrespectable job. Although it is a good vibe, it still holds the implication that my job as a gardener will be the same job I will continue doing in my life even though I am a teenager going to school.
The prospect I hold is inconceivable to the bigot beings who lack the moral rights for all residents of the United States. With remarks as this one, it can create vexations from the vanity of virulent vermin. In conclusion, stereotypes have been brought upon by generalizing immigrants who have migrated to the United States to look for a better life. Beliefs of immigrants having a poor education are just wrong to think of, many immigrants who fled their homelands carry decent skills and left because they wished to escape the terror placed upon their country.
Many immigrants starting a new life in America are not necessarily desperate for money. They can find happiness in a single room home where they know they do not have to worry about dangerous groups targeting them. Also, any hard working individual who dedicates themselves to their job has every opportunity of advancing to better positions because America seeks workers who are dedicated and hard workers. Prejudicing ants, unfortunately, is not uncommon and stereotypes always seem to find their way even in modern times. Witnessing cases of people cannot account for all the people who fit into the category of being discriminated.