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The Stimulus Jens Korf: Concept Of Stereotypes

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The Stimulus Jens Korf (2017) refers to the concept of stereotype and uses one definition of a stereotype to be a “generalised perception of first impressions”, that is established off someone’s physical appearance to determine a type of person or group. The relevance of this concept is that I have experienced an encounter where myself and Jack who is an Indigenous Australian, were randomly selected for a search. However, upon participating I was not searched and told to leave. The Police offers were mumbling amongst themselves as I heard them say, ‘the dark ones always have something on them’. Jack was being stereotyped of his skin colour and his race in what the Police thought would determine a criminal outlook. In studying this unit, we

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