Stereotypes In History

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While interviewing one of the most popular history teachers on campus at Madera High school, many topics were discussed regarding his job and students today. Mr.Hinton has been a teacher for many years, so he understands the positives and negatives about history and how there are a lot of people that are that are stereotyped and misconcepted a lot in this world. Also, how its not right to treat people of color and non color and as human beings like bad and rude and all the humans beings and a lot of other people should be treated correctly and not treated bad in this world not equally and unfairness. Then, during this interview i asked Mr.Hinton about stereotypes, misconceptions, history teachers and History as a whole. History teachers in …show more content…

Also, how it's not far for people and students to stereotype people and how it makes people look bad and shouldn’t do that. Then, we talked about history in a whole. How in history everyone back in the day mostly everyone stereotyped Jews, indians and a lot of different people and how they got deported and when that happened it changed the whole world. Then, if people are going to stereotype people should keep it to a minimum and shouldn’t judge people at all. History teachers should get to know the students and everyone more better. Then, history teachers should treat the students the way that they would want to be treated and to help the students as well and shouldn’t assume and accuse the students or anyone about that matter until they have facts about that specific problem. Some facts are that people should be is no body should be judged the way there are by the way they look and by a lot of other ways to.

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Interviewed by Jonathan Medina

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