Stereotyping In Research Paper

I know how you feel, Ive been on both sides of the stereotyping and being the perpetrator. Sometimes when you stereotype people it is just so you can avoid being stereotyped yourself. I have stereotyped people to fit in because I was afraid to be a outcast from my friend group. Needless to say I stopped stereotyping people because it wasn't fair to the other people when they never did anything wrong.

Something different I did though was that instead of leaving that friend group I talked to them about it and asked them why we were stereotyping all these people. They told me that they were doing it because they could and that what we were saying didn't hurt peoples feelings. What we were saying was hurting people and I told them that and