Comments on: Book Review: Why Mommy is a Democrat http://www.gracefulparenting.net/2007/09/25/book-review-why-mommy-is-a-democrat/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Juliette http://www.gracefulparenting.net/2007/09/25/book-review-why-mommy-is-a-democrat/#comment-10 Juliette Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:56:49 +0000 http://gracefulparenting.nfshost.com/?p=8#comment-10 What is so amazing is that this seems so contrary to the message of acceptance that the Democratic party espouses. Stereotyping, it seems to me, as a practice is unacceptable. Children should instead should be taught NOT to judge people alone by a label eg. "Democrat", their skin color, their sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, nationality, religion, gender, etc. Stereotypes really are the precursor of predjudice. "There's usually more than one stereotype for the same group: Black men are generally supposed to be good musicians and basketball players, but at the same time seen as aggressive, prone to lives of crime, and likely to be on drugs. The effects of stereotypes can have positive and negative effects: Students who were implicitly made aware of their gender behaved as the stereotype suggested: Asian-American women performed better in math tests when being aware of being Asian, and did worse when being reminded of being women." from Wikipedia.org, sterotypes. What is so amazing is that this seems so contrary to the message of acceptance that the Democratic party espouses. Stereotyping, it seems to me, as a practice is unacceptable. Children should instead should be taught NOT to judge people alone by a label eg. “Democrat”, their skin color, their sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, nationality, religion, gender, etc. Stereotypes really are the precursor of predjudice.

“There’s usually more than one stereotype for the same group: Black men are generally supposed to be good musicians and basketball players, but at the same time seen as aggressive, prone to lives of crime, and likely to be on drugs. The effects of stereotypes can have positive and negative effects: Students who were implicitly made aware of their gender behaved as the stereotype suggested:
Asian-American women performed better in math tests when being aware of being Asian, and did worse when being reminded of being women.” from Wikipedia.org, sterotypes.

]]> By: Katie http://www.gracefulparenting.net/2007/09/25/book-review-why-mommy-is-a-democrat/#comment-9 Katie Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:16:06 +0000 http://gracefulparenting.nfshost.com/?p=8#comment-9 I just looked at the website's sample pages and find myself wondering: "Is this for real?" Surely it was written tongue-in-cheek for adults, right? Geesh. ITA with you Carol, it's not healthy to teach kids that you can only be a good person if you're a member of a particular political party. I just looked at the website’s sample pages and find myself wondering: “Is this for real?” Surely it was written tongue-in-cheek for adults, right? Geesh. ITA with you Carol, it’s not healthy to teach kids that you can only be a good person if you’re a member of a particular political party.

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