Stereotypes

I'm sure that all of us are aware or familiar with stereotypes. Some say that all Asians are smart which I guess is a good thing for them. The problem is that Asian is a Continent and not a country. Not all "Asians" are smart like they say, so this puts a lot of pressure on people from all the Asian countries.  Many people  think that " Africa" is poor, they live on trees, they do not have Electricity, Computers, Television and they do not speak English. They make fun of the accent that the people have. I guess all people have their opinions but it is crazy to just assume that all people from the Continent of Africa are people just because some of the countries are. For example, I am a Ghanaian which is in the Western part of Africa. I lived there most of my life and before i came to the United States i knew my English.The reason is because English was being taught in schools so we grew up with it. Also we do not live on trees but rather we live in houses and we build it ourselves. We have Internets in Ghana because many people are on Facebook, Twitter and many other social networking sites. We have Televisions in our rooms and we are so familiar with many TV shows all over the world. I remember back when i was little, I used to watch telenolas and TV shows such as " Everybody hates Chris", "Vibe", "Juana la virgen", "Rosalinda", Pangako sa yo" and many other telenovelas.  I was also familiar with many different other foods such as pizza, burgers and many other. I also played Michael Jackson songs and Oprah show. We have cars and we do not walk like people think we do. They are from different countries and i watched it even before I came to this country. It is not a good thing for people to stereotype because most of the things people imagine about a certain group is not always true.In conclusion when people are taught different ideas or generalize about a certain group of people, they should be mindful and not think they are superior than others. Undoubtedly,they should not make fallacy and hasty decisions.
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