So what is as stereotype?
A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality.
At a very very basic level, everyone has a stereotype. Women and Asians are bad drivers, black people can jump higher, white people can't dance, teenagers are reckless, Italians all say "Mario Time!", everyone can sing, Jamaicans all smoke weed, all police officers are d-burgers, French people don't shave, beautiful girls are stuck up, city-folk don't own guns, tennis players are gay, and those living in small towns are all cowboys.
Some of My Stereotypes
I'm an 18-year-old teenage guy, I play guitar about 3 hours a day, I longboard EVERYWHERE, I have spikey brownish-black hair and a weird shaped nose. The only shoes I own are TOMS and my only jeans are True Religion. I've kissed two girls, and I've only had one girlfriend. I attend Church every week and I love every minute of it. I'm a Computer Science Major at Dixie State College. I'm obsessed with Programming and I'm working to be a computer programmer when I grow up. I have a family who loves the crap out of me. I have two best friends; one with a giant, blond afro and the other is my little sister. I have every Beatles song ever written, and a few of them in German and French. I have 5 roommates and I love every one of them. I love all dogs. I come from a small town called Delta, Utah (I always call it God's Country :) ). I live in sunny St. George! I hate Christmas, mostly because of the music. I love everything about summer (the swimming, the carefree feeling, and most of all the 110 degree temperature) I love the heat. One of my deepest desires is to be an artist, or at least attribute some artistic achievement to society; I'm completely artistically challenged. The one thing that I wish I could change? Well that's simple; I wish that I cared less about the approval of others.
Stereotypically, if you looked at me from across a room, you would see a (maybe) marginally attractive young man, earphones in, carrying a longboard, backpack on, True Religion Jeans, and zebra-striped TOMS shoes. You would conclude one of three things. First option: He's a punk kid because he longboards, he's probably bad news. Second option: he's probably gay. Those are nice pants and only gay guys wear TOMS. Third option: he's got to be completely unfriendly. He doesn't talk much and he's wearing earphones, this probably means that he doesn't want anyone approaching him.
THESE CONCLUSIONS ARE WRONG!!!!
I'm a very friendly person! I longboard because it's a cheap, environmentally friendly, and very enjoyable means of transportation. I listen to music wherever I go! I have over 3,000 songs! If you see me with my earphones out, then it's a rarity, my friends. I wear True Religion because they're very comfortable (and the ladies love 'em ;) ) I wear TOMS because of comfort, and because I know I helped someone out by buying them.
I've never believed I could judge someone by what they look like or by what they wear. Not because beauty is only skin deep (which it is), but because I've always thought there was more to me than what I look like. So if it was this way for me, why would it be any different for anyone else?
Stereotypes. Look past them.
The stereotypical labels placed on you are wrong. So don't busy yourself placing them on others.
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