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Essay / Robert Heilbroner's Take on Stereotyping - 609
Have you ever looked into someone's eyes and felt the pressure of your life drowning out their thoughts, felt like you were suffocating in their tight, shallow eyes . But then again, have you ever walked down a hallway without quietly observing every person who passes and without judging a book by its cover? Stereotypes, something done more than said or heard, a disease that some people don't even know they suffer from. Looking at someone and saying or even thinking “he’s stupid because he’s black” yes, that’s a stereotype. Judging someone simply because they have something indifferent towards you is also stereotyping. Robert Heilbroner born in 1919, graduate of Harvard University who studied economics for thirty years. He writes an essay on the case of stereotypes. Robert Heilbroner, in his essay “Don’t Let Stereotypes Distort Your Judgments,” justifies why stereotypical ideas are not always correct. He goes on to say that stereotypes are “a kind of gossip” that help us better fit into the life we think we should live. It gives examples of how names, nationalities and...