Resisting stereotyping is unrealistic
Look deep in your heart and ask yourself a question: Can you resist stereotyping? ... Though it is impossible to avoid stereotyping, the use of stereotypes may actually be beneficial in some cases. We cannot avoid stereotyping because a human being’s mind is created to observe, criticize, and categorize. ... Sometimes stereotypes help people realize and appreciate their culture, heritage, ethnicity, and even differences, and resisting them would exclude one from opening one’s eyes to the new opportunities. ... In my opinion, the author, in his walk through the poor part of the town, would not resist stereotyping, or building some kind of an image of the poorly dressed African American stranger in his mind because of his appearance and the place of meeting. Stereotyping helps us feel upcoming danger without waiting for it. In addition, stereotyping can cause emotional pain for those made fun of or deemed undesirable. ... She also adds, that there is the painful part that comes from “the ethnic jokes, the stereotyping, the prejudices, the initial embarrassment of being a teenager and ‘different.