These stereotypes can be harmful as well as inaccurate. It’s all fun and games until we start taking these stereotypes for fact. The idea that we might perceive someone as nice or mean, smart or dumb, generous or stingy is completely unfair to that person, especially when we project these assumptions to other people, adding to the stereotyping.
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Even working-class Palisades residents — ranging from housekeepers to engineers — have been virtually ignored in favor of a slew of content regarding celebrities. Unlike the celebrities, these people were already being priced out of their homes, and will not likely will be able to return, especially as landlords use this opportunity to raise rents for the desperate, newly displaced.
The question many Californians now have is how the state will rebuild and adapt for the next wildfire season. As of late, the wildfires have not been obeying the typical laws of nature. The wildfire season, which typically runs from May to October, has become more of a suggestion than a hard-set date.
“We have two different types of people,” Storer said. “We have people who have never surfed before but want to get better at surfing, and then those who have surfed before and want to just keep doing it.”
While this may seem like an impossible feat, it’s not. Trader Joe’s allows people to request a store location in their city. Baylor currently has 20,824 students — and I think 20,824 requests might be hard to ignore.
The California Department of Public Health released a report saying e-cigarettes emit cancer-causing chemicals and get users hooked on nicotine but acknowledging that more research needs to be done to determine the immediate and long-term health effects.
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lifted the curtain on his official portrait Monday, revealing a photograph-like giant image of the onetime bodybuilder standing in front of the official California seal.
Photos: Women’s Basketball vs. Cal
Over spring break, Baylor men’s tennis played four sets of games winning three of four matches against USC, UCLA, California and Illinois.
When it comes to youth sports, the coach’s job extends beyond the field of play. Coaches are supposed to teach…
By Daniel Hill Sports Writer The Baylor Bears (3-5) will head to Houston this weekend for the Astros in Action…
A gunman opened fire at a Christian university in California Monday before being captured hours later at a shopping center in a nearby city, authorities said. At least seven people were killed and three more sustained injuries in the shooting.
Sheriff’s deputies and security guards from rivaling factions of a California tribe were on patrol Wednesday, one day after a violent skirmish described as “absolute pandemonium” left three people injured.
Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed.
Same-sex marriage moved one step closer to the Supreme Court on Tuesday when a federal appeals court ruled California’s ban unconstitutional, saying it serves no purpose other than to “lessen the status and human dignity” of gays.
A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water leak prompted operators to shut down a reactor as a precaution, but plant workers and the public were not endangered, officials said Wednesday.
Men’s and women’s tennis debut in California with new members
An estimated 14 tons of marijuana were seized after the discovery of a cross-border tunnel that authorities said Wednesday was one of the most significant secret drug smuggling passages ever found on the U.S.-Mexico border.
With protesters popping up throughout the country and several parts of the world, the Occupy movement has made an impact. Although police reactions would beg to differ, it’s not something that should be taken too seriously.
Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathering in Oakland forced a halt to operations at the nation’s fifth busiest port Wednesday evening, pledging to stay until at least 10 p.m. PDT Wednesday and escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, rallies and tent encampments since it began in September.
Lindsay Lohan is going to jail, again, for a violation of her probation, which in turn was a result of stealing a necklace and other crimes.
The display of police force in Oakland, Calif., and Atlanta has unnerved some anti-Wall Street protesters crusading against corporate greed.
There’s something about knowing exactly what is in my food that makes me want to eat it even more.