Stereotypes

In a world as great as ours, its rather unfortunate that our world runs on oil. And stereotypes.Stereotypes can be perceived as bad...or just as good. Stereotypes usually have to do with race, but stereotyping and being racist are two different things. They can also be strong judgement towards a particular race Stereotyping is usually something done to judge a person. For example. If you're Asian, you get good grades. It doesn't matter if a few Asians don't meet that standard, due to the fact that the majority do. Most of stereotypes out there are just based off of race and physical attributes and are taken as a bad thing to say. At the other end of the spectrum, the same stereotypes taken as a bad thing, can be taken as a good thing. Take that example in the beginning, now say that you are Asian, makes you feel good about your race, and your culture doesn't it? Even though that statement may not be true.A lot of people out there, merely open themselves out to stereotyping, and do not do anything to stop it. If you laugh at a stereotype directed at your race, you basically inviting someone to make fun of you. Which in these days, seems to be the likely reason as to why the number of stereotypes are rising. That's not all that stereotyping does. It also changes the perspective and the way you begin to see things. Once you understand, and learn a few cliché phrases, it makes you an active thinker. When you see a specific race, you seem to wonder whether those stereotypes are true about those people. And day by day you wonder,  how these stereotypes came to be. You look at people in a different way, and you start to guess what that person is like, and if those stereotypes about them (their race) are true. Thus, through all of these questions, you get your answers, in forms of stereotypes.