Stereotypes

A stereotype is to assume something from a culture and generalise it to everyone related to the culture  that is being stereotyped. For example:" U.S people are fat" We are saying that everyone there is fat and don`t have healthy habits, although that not true cause not every person in the U.S is fat and they have very good sportsmen.

A stereotype can be very dangerous  because it is the main cause of cultural misunderstandings between people from different culture, and apart from giving a wrong and simplified idea of a culture they can be very offensive for the person victim of the stereotype.

Now i want to ask a simple question, and that is Why do we stereotype? I personally think that we stereotype to simplify things, because its way more easier to generalise on a culture and get that simple vision, that really understanding that particular culture. When i was doing preparing my presentation  about cultural misunderstandings i understand that they are a very important problem for us to become a more integrated and united world.