After reading the paragraphs on stereotypes. I couldn't help but think back to my high school days. Sadly I stereotyped people just as much as the next person. It wasn't even intended to be something done to mean it was just the way to survive in high school. It was easier to put people into a nice little clump instead of having to get to know them individually.

It was also easier on myself to know I belonged to a group I didn't care if I was being stereotyped. I felt safer knowing that this was my group and this is where I belonged. The definition of stereotypes is a generalized second hand be

When I read the paragraph about prejudice I also learned that maybe not intentionally, but occasionally I am apart of prejudices. I couldn't count the number of times a friend made a racist joke and in my head I always think that's not funny, but I never say anything. Or made comments like that's gay when someone does something bad. I never realized until a couple of years ago how wrong that really was. It took hearing my younger brother make a similar comment to realize how bad that sounded and it was probably my fault they learned to talk like that. The definition says prejudices are the products of in-group interaction; very rarely are they the result of direct contact with out-group members. I believe this is definitely true because jokes people make or side r

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