Stereotypes Of An American Culture Essay

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In each one of our cultures, they are various stereotypes that individuals use frequently to decipher our cultures. Many individuals have different opinions about our cultures. Even though we all come from diverse backgrounds we all encounter this same issue daily where we are all prejudged because our families come from a specific background. All of us were raised in the United States for the clear majority of our lives except for Tenzin who recently moved here a few years ago from Tibet. Many other ethnic groups categorize the Tibetan people to either be Chinese or Japanese since they are a minority group in this very diverse country. Since many people don’t know about Tibet they just assume that the people are from China since they have similar features in terms of appearance. Also, there is one huge stereotype that is emphasized on the Asian people that all of them excel extremely well when it comes to mathematics. However, this is not true because …show more content…
The hospitals and health care facilities are in great conditions compared to other parts of the world. In Guyana, the health care facilities are nothing compared to the ones here in terms of cleanliness and reliability. Overall the health care services provided in our culture here in America is far better than what other countries have especially third world countries where the poverty level is extremely high. Although every race in our culture is not treated equally we still are fortunate enough to have access to health services.
Conclusion
When you get to learn about other cultures you realize how similar your values, customs, and morals are. Many of our core values that we thought came only from our own culture, we learned were shared amongst all our cultures. We all experience stereotyping and we are all lucky to be a part of the modern world where more is accepted than that of our

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