What is stereotyping? Stereotyping is what most of us do, whether we want to admit it or not. For example, we might assume someone doesn’t know how to speak English fluently because of the color of their skin. When we stereotype, we put people in different categories we think they might fit in. When we do this, we give everyone in that category a specific characteristic. For example, fast-food restaurants that provide toys along with kid's meals, assume that boys like to play with cars and girls like to play with dolls. Stereotypes are a problem when they include assumptions about people that are not necessarily accurate. Stereotyping affects everyone, man or woman. Stereotyping changes the way we look at others and sometimes it changes the way we look at ourselves too. It may make us feel like we're not wanted, and we don't belong, but we do belong.
