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... Priyanka Shah Professor Hunt HSS 099 24 October 2002 What is stereotyping? "A rigid mental image that summarizes whatever is believed to be typical about a group" (Robertson 1987). It's not as simple as it sounds or as it is used in everyday life. Due to our lack of interest in analyzing and understanding information we utilize the short cut called stereotyping. "Stereotyping is as natural to people as thinking itself" (Longstreet, 1978, p. 10). Life of people has become very complex and difficult and that has led to the increase in misinterpretations and wrong ideas about different groups of people. Stereotypes are inflexible and they are learned quickly from family, friends, coworkers and the media. It leads to inflexible categories on our minds and hearts. The most powerful source of stereotypes is our own negative experiences. I have been stereotyped many times by the people on my way back home - on railway station,
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