People will look at you and expect you to act according to the stereotype given to you. Stereotypes often force people to believe that that’s the way you should act or that’s the way that these other guys should act. If you fall under a stereotype, you’re often already viewed a way and people believe that’s how you should or could act.
Encapsulated because she doesn't feel like belonging to American Culture, but she also knows that she can't go back home. It can also be taken as an example of Unhomeliness.