1. In the Introduction Anderson notes three types of stigma in Goffman's formulation (p. 254 ). Identify and discuss each of these types , paying particular attention to how stigma may negatively impact the person's social identity . Which of the three types of stigma do you think is the most difficult for the possessor to overcome The Goffman specifies three types of stigma .Weaknesses of individual character were a form of earned stigma since they resulted from bad decision maki11g and maladaptive behavior by people with poor values and improper socialization .Abominations of the body represented another type and come closest to the definition of body deviance .People born with bodily deformities were viewed as having conditions over which they often had little control but a great deal of shame . The blind I deaf , paraplegic , or epileptic , according to Goffman , were varieties of people with abominations of the body . This type of stigma was more closely rooted in medical definitions of deviance , yet there often existed moral condemnation as well . Finally ,tribal stigmas were those associated with minority racial and ethnic backgrounds . Since people are born with a racial and ethnic classification and identity , there was little the tribally stigmatized could do about their discredited identities ltliink the tiibal stigmas was most difficult for the possessor to overcome because sociologists have started to pay more attention to the physical body and what signifies about life in our society