Fresh Off The Boat: Racism And Stereotypes

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I learned a lot while the girl scouts were here, they also made me realize that racism and stereotypes and many other things are not meant to be laughed at, all the time! They also made me realize that a lot shows have things in them that are offensive in some ways.
The first thing that I learned in girl scouts is that stereotypes are used everywhere! Said everywhere and seen everywhere! When they first started talking about racism and stereotypes, I was not taking it as seriously because some of my favorite shows used a lot of stereotypes! For example this show called Fresh Off The Boat is a A.B.C show, and there are a lot of racial stereotypes on that show, I have also noticed that a lot of the A.B.C shows are very Stereotypical and racist.

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