Stereotyping

Stereotyping is a problem in today’s society that needs to be taken care of. Stereotyping is when someone categorizes individuals or groups according to an oversimplified, standardized image or idea. Stereotyping is wrong because it is not right to judge a person by what they look like or what there nationality is. Stereotypes can be very harmful and offensive to people. The stereotype that I find the most harmful and offensive is prejudism. The reason that I believe that prejudism is the most harmful and offensive form of sterotyping is because it is the most common stereotype. Being prejudice against erent races and ethnicities can be very harmful because it can cause a racial war. Racial wars occur very often all around the world. This can be prevented if people did judge others by the way they look or what race they are. A good way to respond to the people who reveal prejudiced or stereotyped attitudes is to tell those people that everyone is different and just because someone is a certain race does not mean that they are the same. Another way to respond to the people who reveal prejudiced or stereotyped attitudes is to tell those people to take the time to get to know a person from a different race or ethnicity and prove to them that not everyone is the same. Stereotyping is a problem that will probably go on forever. Too many people in the world judge a book by its cover. It is not fair that a person can be discriminated just because of there race or ethnicity. The world would be a more peaceful place if people started looking at others for who they are and not for their race or ethnicity.