CSIT120 blog 3

This week in class we talked about personal barriers that people have personal barriers and social barriers. Personal barriers are things that get in your way to keep you from being successful such as cultural problems/Racism. Social barriers are barriers that are external the actions of others not yours.We also talked about Limited Perception, Ethnocentrism, Stereotypes, Prejudice, Prejudice Plus Power and Discrimination which are all barriers that we need to overcome to be successful.Then we talked about stereotypes and how a college had statues in front of the building with whites,blacks and Asians with certain stereotypes and people felt offended by them.I thought it was a little bit of a problem but in reality it's nothing bad all 3 where successful the black student played sports the white played instruments and the Asians where smart had books all 3 are good but i guess the person who made them didn't look at it in a bad way either.I think that stereotypes are too hyped up and we shouldn't really pay attention to them it's just a "label ". On Thursday we watched a video of a lady Susan who wanted to be a singer she looked old and not fit to be a singer and the judges even looked at her weirdly the crowd made weird faces but when she started singing everyone was amazed and everyone liked her so don't judge a book by it's cover.What i learned at the end of the week is to not let others judge you and don't let things get in your way just because someone else thinks it's weird or doesn't agree with you we all have our own opinions and ways of doing things to become successful.

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