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Stereotypes In Smoky Hill

Batina Jombuni, Staffer
September 23, 2015

Many people may have a particular point of view of who you are, but once they get to know you their whole view changes. In Smoky Hill High School it’s common to hear the Preps, the white-washed black people, the “ones who would shoot up the school”, the Soccer Players, the Football Players, the Stuck-Ups and the Pot heads

“ It does not determine you as a person it’s a false perception,“ junior Tamia Martin said. “ Stereotypes, in many cases, allows us to ‘fill in blanks’“

According to remember.org, what often times leads to discrimination and persecution is when the stereotype is unfavorable. Stereotypes are a false mask that people put on certain individuals. When we judge people and groups based on our prejudices and stereotypes and treat them differently, we are engaging in discrimination . People shouldn’t point fingers towards others and labeling them as this and that.

Everyone is different, and we need to be open-minded and know that there will be variety of styles all around us. “I don’t want people to think bad things about me, I want them to get to know me first then make their judgement, “ junior Davis said.

People somehow depend on others opinion but, they ignore the fact that the ones who have an opinion also depend on others. “ People shouldn’t mind what others think. As long as they who know they are, what they have, and what they want, “ Martin said.
Judgement shouldn’t be made by what others wear, look, talk, walk, eat, or who they hang out with. Everyone has a hidden light inside them that no one else knows about, and sometimes they don’t even know about it themselves.