@Waiting2exhale “WaitingKid” I love this. lol
@MotherOfDragons Props for having daughter dragons. I love that.
@Waiting2exhale “It is not okay. Just not okay.”
I agree. It is not okay, and needs to be addressed. I was trying to say that it should be addressed in a constructive way instead of in an angry way. I completely agree that It is certainly not the victimized girls job to address it.
The teacher has an opportunity to educate all of the students. It can be explained to them that reducing other students in the room to simple stereotypes of black, white, and Asian is dehumanizing and are destructive. They can also explain why that is true, even when they are positive stereotypes. I think it is also important to explain to young people that what this boy said is also harmful to black students, because its seems to lower expectations for them.
@Waiting2exhale “If this scenario were only gender-based, wouldn’t it be easy to see that the culture which may be brewing in the classroom potentially places the young girl outside of the protections of the group, also?”
Yes, it can be very harmful. I still see this all of the time. The “boys are good at math and girls are good at English” stereotype is incredibly harmful. I can’t stand it when well-meaning, adult women tell girls that it is okay if they aren’t good at math because they weren’t good at it either. This is often followed by the suggestion that she is probably good at reading/English. When young students believe that they are not good at math, it becomes true. Ugh.