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Stereotypes “What do you expect form a blonde?” “ A woman’s place is in the kitchen”, “ Look at the jewelry he’s wearing, he’s probably a drug dealer” How many times have we heard statements such as these? It is such statements along with numerous others, which have caused our society to isolate and stereotype every individual based on past or previous experiences. To categorize individuals or a group according to an oversimplified standardized …

…a gang. Middle eastern people are stereotyped as being affiliated with terrorist group. Stereotyping has caused our society to become less receptive to accepting and understanding people who are different from us. We sometimes do not know that what we are doing is harmful to the other party because it may seem inoffensive, but if we continue to stereotype women, police officers and most importantly various ethnic cultures, our society will soon disperse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**