Monday, February 23, 2009
FW Chapter 5: 257-271 and 300-306: Many Perspectives
While reading Cindie Marshall’s story, Ralph’s Sports Bar, the importance of getting many perspectives in a study became very clear to me. At the beginning of a study you may have a stereotype, good or bad, about your group. Like Marshall, how she thought bikers were dirty and she didn’t find the sign about peeing inside at all weird for that group. However, she still should have found it intriguing because whether it be true about bikers being dirty or not the sign is still interesting. It is all part of finding the peculiar in the normal happenings. I find this very useful because my opinion on the subculture I am studying is that if they work out, then they all eat healthy. However whether or not this is true I should still note how they do or do not eat healthy because it is a part of who they are. Getting different perspectives and interviewing many different people is crucial. All people are different and have different views.
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I agree when you say people stereotype others before they even know them. Everyone is guilty of it in some way. For example you see someone wearing all black you assume they are gothic, or that a football player is an arrogant jock. These are just a couple of the many different ways we stereotype others. Like you said though we are all different from each other and have different views, so not everyone thinks the same. I believe people really should get to know someone before they judge them, and then once they know about them can they make a better judgment of a person.
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