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Breaking Amish Stereotypes

By Kaitlin & Liz

General Truth?

We found that most stereotypes attached to Amish people were things that could not be said about every Amish person but stemmed from a real situation involving the Amish.

Incest

Sources

It is widely believed the Amish partake in acts of incest...

Beliefnet.com

Labi, Nadya. ''The Gentle People.'' Beliefnet. 2005: 3.

http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2005/02/The-Gentle-People.aspx?p=1

Youtube.com

The Learning Channel. 2013

http://www.youtube.com/user/TLC?feature=watch

-Not widely popular but many recorded cases.

-Mary's story

Stereotype: FALSE

Stereotypes

Cult

Dumb

Bestiality

Uneducated

No Teeth

Compared to the average American the Amish are less educated as a whole...

Big Noses

Stereotype: True

Incest

?

Racist

Racist

?

The Amish generally do not have much color or ethnic variation to their population which bring people to the conclusion they are racist...

Don't Shower

Weird

Stereotype: FALSE

They're really just sheltered

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