Stereotypes are certain characteristics that are used to categorize certain people and
races.Stereotypes are used with males, females, old people, young people, etc. Even
though stereotypes are based on truths they can hurt people. Stereotypes also leads
aggression toward other people.Stereotypes are often incorrect and this leads to people
judging other people without getting to know them.For example, if a person is in need of
tutoring and his/her options are an African American or an Asian, they will pick the Asian.
This can hurt the person who needs tutoring because the African American can be smarter
than the Asian, but because he used a stereotype he lost out on a great opportunity.These
ways that stereotypes are harmful to people.
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