Usually run by some dumb nerd with a subscription to Variety who learned about movies by doing the Universal Studios tour.Īudio-Visual nerds Allison and her girlfriends used to laugh at in high school. Jefferson was a polymath, an autodidact, a nerd literally without peer. Martins caught the fancy of Kelly Ripa, who promoted it through her Reading with Ripa Book Club in 2003, with many successful Nerds following. Starship Captain stood in the spotlight at the end of the runway turning round, round, round, looking out over the Ralfies and the globuloids, the computer nerds and the costumers, the brilliant intellectual misfits and the teenage malcontents, the fans who would be slans. We must also actively prevent ourselves from assuming that a stereotype is an accurate depiction of an individual’s character, even if such assumptions are unintentional.Greg proved many of the generalizations about science nerds, but the city was damned lucky to have someone this smart. Telling individuals that they must be good or bad at something simply because of their race or ethnicity is likely to have an immensely negative impact on that individual’s performance in all areas. Particularly in a community as diverse as Andover, we must be wary of cultural stereotyping. Individuals should not have their interests defined by their race people are more complex than we often give them credit for. Automatically applying prejudiced, stereotypical labels creates disadvantages. Moreover, the automatic categorization of people is erroneous and harmful. In their minds, I could not be both an athlete and a “mathlete.” Strong performance in academics and athletics are not mutually exclusive. Many of them viewed athletics as a distraction and believed that only those who lacked intelligence played sports. Because I am an athlete, these students underestimated my intelligence. I attended several math camps where the majority of students were Asian. Assumptions about Asians and athleticism, however, do not come exclusively from non-Asians. I, and many other Asians, do not fit these offensive and misguided stereotypes. For many, the label of “mathlete” comes to mind immediately. The more common image of Asians as “skinny nerds,” rather than as athletes, leads to the belief that all Asians are exclusively focused on academics and, more specifically, on math or science. What resulted was a “Linsanity” craze, as fans were amazed by Lin’s talent, highlighting the fact that a successful Asian athlete is considered unusual or unfamiliar. Jeremy Lin, for example, a Chinese-American basketball star, is known for his quick rise to fame in 2012 as the New York Knicks’ point guard. This is a common experience even for professional Asian athletes. This narrow-minded perception means that Asian athletes are frequently overlooked, misjudged and dismissed, and often must work harder to prove themselves in their athletic pursuits. The stereotypical Asian, on the contrary, is viewed as weak, awkward and athletically inept, and in many Asian cultures, academic performance is favored over athletic ability. They are assumed to be athletes, not intellectuals, and are pushed to fit these labels. Jumaane Ford ’16, Benny Ogando ’15 and Kailash Sundaram ’15 examined the pressure for African-American males to “leap high, dunk down and tackle hard.” The common expectation is that African-American males value athletics over academics. Asians face the flip side of the prejudice discussed in the article “Black, Athletic, Articulate” published in the February 28 issue of The Phillipian. While every other adolescent who approached the camp van was met with enthusiastic welcomes, I received puzzled looks and doubtful questions. When I arrived at the airport and sought out the camp representatives before each of these camps, they did not readily identify me as a rower. Over the summer, I attended multiple rowing camps. Rowing, something that I consider to be a fundamental part of my identity, is a predominantly white sport in which few Asians participate.
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