Stereotyping Vs. Reality

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Stereotype VS Reality The way that people stereotype me does not affect me at all. The only way that I would be affected by this is if my parents, grandparents, or a coach said something to me stereotyping me. But just because it does not affect me doesn’t mean that it won’t affect other people. Stereotyping/Judging is really a terrible thing on this planet. It can lower a person's self-esteem causing depression, self-harm and even suicide. As sad as it is it exists, and it really does suck. The way people see me can vary from person to person but I put together a pretty accurate list, in my opinion, for you. I think people see me as a funny kid, a dumb blonde, mean or heartless, athletic, a jerk and a stuck up rich kid. In my opinion, that is how my fellow peers view me. …show more content…
I am going to use Shakir's example for this one. I know myself best and at the end of the day that is all that matters, I do NOT care what other people say about me or look at me as. It is just an opinion and those don’t matter to me as much as what I think of myself. If I had to stereotype myself I would have to say some of the stereotypes of how other people look at me may be true but I have a reason to be this way. I view myself as funny, athletic, caring, nice, chill and sometimes I can just seem to focus on myself. I want to go places when I am older and messing around with some people may distract me or carry me off the path that I want to go down. That is why I only care about myself in some situations. They don’t have band-aids for feelings so my bad if I hurt them, I’m going places and I won’t let you get in the way of that

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