Title: 4 Reasons Why Stereotypes are Harmful and Destructive - The Dream Catcher
Headings: 4 Reasons Why Stereotypes are Harmful and Destructive
The Dream Catcher
4 Reasons Why Stereotypes are Harmful and Destructive
All teenagers are rebels.
Goths wear black clothes and are outcasts.
All blonds are unintelligent.
Women can’t drive as well as men.
All Asians are good at math.
Here are four reasons why stereotypes are harmful and destructive and how you can move away from them:
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Seline
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Content: Here are four reasons why stereotypes are harmful and destructive and how you can move away from them: 1. It puts us in a judgmental mindset: Stereotypes, especially the negative kind, put us into a negative frame of mind. Like a wall, it blocks us from seeing the goodness in others because we get attached to an idea of a person or group and refuse to deviate from it. The discrimination and mistreatment of others occurs when we fail to understand them and see things from their point of view. The truth is that we’re all complex beings with layers to our personality. We have been shaped by our basic, innate traits and our past experiences. When we label someone, we choose to remain ignorant to the possibility that there is a lot more to them than the common stereotypes. 2.