Drug Dealer Stereotypes

Humans tend to have their own ideas of what they think someone or something will look like. But, our assumptions of people aren’t always correct. When one thinks of a drug dealer, a person who sells illegal drugs, the first thing that may come to mind is a very shady person on the corner of the street. They are probably a young person who is more than likely wearing a hoodie or some type of jacket and leaning against the wall of some old building or by a corner store. Society labels drug dealers as people who have no education, who are lazy, and just trying to make a quick buck.
Drug dealers are also assumed to be violet and dangerous people. Individuals believe that they only care about the money and nothing else. People might believe that sellers are part of a gang and that they are not people to be messed with. Other stereotypes include drug dealers being crazy, because their on drugs and irresponsible.
George Jung was defiantly not your stereotypical drug dealer. He actually began dealing because growing up he saw his family struggle and fail to make ends meet and he didn’t want the same to happen to him or his future family. When George Jung first started dealing he was young and had just recently moved to California and was just …show more content…
After he gets out of jail the first thing George tries to do is mend the relationship with his daughter. George is also heartbroken when far ahead his father gets sick and George says he finally realizes what his father meant when he said “the money is not real.” George cared about his family not just the money and he learned valuable life lessons like everyone does throughout experiences. He wasn’t a terrible and selfish person. He also wasn’t dangerous like one expects drug dealers to