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1. Give an example of gender, racial or ethnic stereotyping that you see in everyday life. Explain how does stereotyping contribute to institutionalized discrimination and what would need to happen for this to be eliminated.

Submit a paper that is well constructed using APA format. The paper should be a minimum of one typewritten page (approximately 300 to 400 words) with an introduction and conclusion. This paper shall demonstrate use of standard written English with respect to: organization, grammar, spelling, composition, sentence structure, punctuation, and construction.

2. Briefly acquaint yourself with the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry about George Herbert Mead https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mead/

Afterwards read a couple of pages from these excerpts from the following work by this author: https://web.archive.org/web/20070814013629/http://www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/DSS/Mead/MINDSELF.HTML.

Please discuss this reading assignment in light of the reading materials for this unit.