October 24, 2007
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Stereotypical Prep
Lately I have been really irritated by Cathy, there are things she says that bother me and I wonder if she is trying to make me mad. Here are a few scenarios that happened, it pretty much started when we were talking on the phone about school and I said that I was really thankful that I was homeschooled for six years because I am a really friendly person who, (at the time) could easily be swayed in any direction. Then she got all snappy and said something like, it’s your own damn fault for being friends with everyone! Gosh, I was so shocked because this is my supposedly “best-friend” telling me this and what was the purpose of saying this in the first place? Nothing happened to me, and I am still a very friendly person and I still make friends with everyone but the only difference is that I know where I stand now. I can be friends with everyone but I won’t be influenced in a bad way. I was thinking maybe I offended her but if I did that would be stupid because I was talking only about myself. Also as a “best-friend” she can talk to me instead of randomly blurting things out, seriously what the heck.
Also yesterday when I had Michael and Cathy in a 3-way, stereotypes came up. Cathy was stereotyping herself and Asian people as smart and happy, while Michael on the other hand said that is not true because there are sad, emotional Asian people at his school. Then Michael said that it isn’t right to stereotype people like that, and Cathy replied well I can stereotype my own people, as if she owns them or something. I should have said that but I didn’t think about it entirely until I got off the phone. Today Cathy brought it up again in the library and said that Michael stereotypes with his anti-preppies shirt, I told her it was a joke but she said still it’s the same thing as stereotyping. That’s true but when Michael wears that shirt, the people who get offended, are people who consider themselves to be preps. Michael doesn’t like the stereotypical prep, ditzy, over exaggerated, bouncy and colorful. What I am trying to say is Michael isn’t stereotyping or finger-pointing anyone; it seems that people who associate themselves with this stereotype are the ones who get offended.
