People are insecure in their family settings as well. Stigma may also be labeled as a tag that links an individual to unsolicited physiognomies (Ali, 2008)
In case of stigmatization, it has been seen in many underdeveloped third world countries that individual are imposed to discrimination at work place. Many cases have been witnessed where people with diseases like HIV and Aids are fired from their jobs merely because of the health issue (Berger, 2006)
The three kinds of social stigma according to Goffman include the following. Overt or external deformations, such as scars, physical manifestations of anorexia nervosa, leprosy (leprosy stigma), or of a physical disability or social disability, such as obesity (Dipboye and Colella, 2005)
Many issues related to bad character can be stigmatized like drug abuse, alcoholism, criminal records and mental illness."Tribal stigmas" are behaviors or qualities that might be real or a myth, of certain ethnic group, nationality or of religion (Hinshaw, 2007)
Social stigma is the great condemnation of a person on socially characteristic grounds that are professed, and aid to distinguish them, from other individuals of a society. Social stigma can be a consequence of the perception and belief of mental stress and anxiety, physical disabilities and infirmities, illegitimacy, skin tone, race, color, creed, religion, criminality, ethnicity and nationality (Nykliek, Temoshok and Vingerhoets, 2004)
Many consensuses are held worldwide to get an idea of the people who are bi or multi-racial. As for the year 2010, it was found out that the number of American people who checked themselves as both "white" and "black" had increased by 134%; in comparison with the statistics of last year (Cohn, 2011)
(Tizard & Phoenix, 93) Some people can totally combat this quest of identities; others are at a loss of attaining a true identity due to mixed race. The mixed racism often comes out forward when the person goes to a different country; however, the dual racism is present at all times (MacShane, Plaut & Ward, 1984)
In a diverse social environment, like America, Raya has to be a know-it-all Latina who knows everything about her culture. (Raya, 102) This brings out the social stigma in correlation with stereotyping
We can find a lot of examples- from real life as well as from the stories told by some great authors -- the kind of discrimination that people have to suffer from when living in a society that considers one race superior over the other. In the past it was almost impossible for a "white" and a "black" person to date, when we talk about America; however such cases are hard to find today but are still there (Sullivan, 2011)
There has been discussion on how the children 'label' themselves around people. (Tizard & Phoenix, 93) Labeling: Allotting something a name