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Acceptance And Stereotypes
Acceptance is a very complex characteristic. An individual doesn’t automatically grow up accepting others. There are numerous factors that determine how accepting an individual is of others. Believe it or not everyone has biases and stereotypes towards others, in order to truly understand these biases and stereotypes and as well how accepting an individual is of others, you must look at their past experiences, the environment they grew up in, and the culture they were raised in. I know when someone truly accepts another person when they are able to value, trust, and respect a person regardless of their similarities and differences. I feel Cournoyer sums it up perfectly with one term, reverence. Cournoyer (2014) states “Reverence involves

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