Stereotypes Of Sneetches In Schools

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At first the movie was all about one group thinking they were better than the other group all because they had something that the others did not. They are stereotyping the other Sneetches. In the book, On Course, it describes that once our minds have jumped to a stereotype that we then generalize it so that any that we perceive to fit that stereotype is lumped in as well whether it is right or wrong. Eventually throughout the film after many bumps along the way the Sneetches were able to realize that it did not matter who was different or who was the same. They were all Sneetches and so they should all work together and get along. In the book it describes how some cultures are collectivistic. I think that the Sneetches are a collectivistic

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