Stereotypes In Our Society

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Abdulla Hraiz

Stereotype
Stereotype is an oversized or oversimplification of certain group to other group or societies. Now days, the stereotype constitute a danger for the people and societies around the world. There are many people around us who lives in oppression and many society have been destroyed because of the stereotype. The most danger situation might happen when the media take place and oversized that rumor. For example, the media in the U.S show that Arab and Muslims are terrorists so it becomes a stereotype to all American. In the same hand, there are many good stereotypes that people can focus on and ignore the bad stereotypes. However, there are a stereotype between people from the same society and country. Let's take a look
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Some people see that stereotype affect in relationships in a negative way and some see in a positive way. Also according to the survey they all agree that stereotype is not always 100% true and they have disagree about that stereotypes makes people judge strangers by their looks .So this opinions came from the surveys that was done by the people and the interviews which have been taken with random people in the society.

In my opinion stereotype affect in a big way in relationships between people and does not affect the relations in a positive way it affects it in a negative way it cause hate in relationships between the people. Stereotypes are not always 100% true. Stereotypes makes people judge strangers just by their looks I agree for this statement in my opinion because stereotype cause that people judge other just from looking to them and without knowing anything about them or about their life. This all about the stereotype and how does it affect in the relationships and everybody are generalizing and this cause hate between the people. So stereotype is a big obstacle stands in front of the social integration it is hard for the people to get integrated in the society when this is happening and what stereotype cause in relationships this leads also for being integrated is a hard task for the people because relationships is full of hate so how they will get integrated with the society if their relationships with the people is not a good relationship and full of hate. So stereotype is a big obstacle that must be vanished in the society for the people to have better relationships in their

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