Stereotypes In America

With stereotyping there always comes questions and one of those questions being, why do we stereotype? This is a very important question. Many people would like to know why are they being criticized for being apart of a religion or race. There are people who may even come to America from a different continent and be asked about things from a person who may think they know a whole lot about their culture for instance a woman who came from Africa was discriminated against by a woman who knew nothing about her culture and family life at all “She says that a woman felt sorry about her because she came from Africa, and even ask her if she could listen her tribal music.” How can someone go over to an individual and completely discriminate against

them for being from somewhere else especially when the person doesn’t have the facts right or knows nothing completely about the other’s culture. People shouldn’t treat others in a way they would have never want to be treated. This woman had no right to go and disrespect and make assumptions on the lady because of where she was from it is highly offensive, and that is what you call a racial stereotype. Racial stereotypes are one of the biggest types of stereotypes and causes a great deal of discrimination towards a group of people, Muslims for example are not all terrorists the media portrays all as evil people due to what a few have done, you can’t blame whole race based on what others have done. Misconception is a big problem and no group of people should have to deal with that. This can also be connected to WWII when Japanese Americans were put into internment camps due to their Japanese background and there started to be hatred towards them as a group.