check your attitude!

ben

Stereotypes are ideas we hold onto people whom we think different from us based on observation which tend to become oversimplifications especially on attitude and appearance. The feeling of being superior over someone which leads us to coin some words or thoughts to him or a group-- that is also stereotyping . Most stereotypes are bad which disregard the uniqueness of someone by painting everyone in a group the same brush. Meanwhile, let's test if you do stereotyping often. Here are some and if you do one of these, you may be stereotyping:

***You read news and you associate the topic to someone.

***You look at someone ugly and you associate him to an animal or a scary entity.

***You see a funny and grotesque gesture or action and you associate it to someone who likely does sometimes or often.

***You crack a joke which is associated to someone whether in a small or big group.

***You label someone badly because of his attitude without giving him another chance.

***You only look at someone's color especially on your preference of the whites or the fairs and not the blacks or darks.

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Which of these is true to you? Do you often stereotype? Do you label someone, whether in words or in deeds? Check your attitude!