Everyone Uses Stereotype The dictionary defines stereotype as an oversimplified or conventional image of a certain person, group, issue, or the like, which is usually held in common by some segment of society. Some of these stereotypes may be positive toward a group, whereas others are put down on certain group of people. For instance, Irish people are drunks, Asians are smart in school, Blacks are athletics, Caucasians can’t dance, Mexicans are gardeners, and …showed first 75 words of 895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 895 total…stereotype is toward them. People hate it when a stereotype is negative toward them, their race, or religion, but they too use stereotype about another person. So why is our society a hypocrite when it come to stereotype? Maybe it is because generations after generations people everywhere heard it and use it and now stereotype is passed down to our generations. This process will stay around until the next and the following generations to come.