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We all stereotype in one way or another, this also means that we are stereotyped but stereotyping is also different from generalizations. A generalization is when people are educated about a group and use past experiences to adapt to the situation however a stereotype is just an assumption made about a person or a group of people.

No matter where you go someone is always going to make a generalization about you, if this is an educated generalization is can be beneficial. Take me for example whenever someone finds out that I am from New Zealand then they go and make the stereotype that I must play rugby or watch rugby in my case this is true but not every New Zealander on the planet likes or plays rugby. In the reading gang leader for a day by Sudhir venkatesh we find another case of stereotyping because as we read we all make the assumption that the gang members are all uneducated and have no skills to allow them to get a job but later on in the reading we find out that the gang leader is a college graduate but could make more money on the streets than from his degree.

This shows us how dangerous it really is to stereotype and also shown me how many times a day we make generalisations about people, also how generalisations are healthy and are how we understand the world around us however stereotypes are the complete opposite.