“Stereotyping is a risky, offensive, and non-productive exercise. Ethnic jokes may be humorous, but are built on a foundation of misinformation and bias.” “A lack of awareness and misinformation are the foundation of many cross-cultural conflicts. In order to assist us in better understanding someone from a different cultural background, we often make generalizations and assumptions that classify people by putting them into groupings that are familiar to us. “Generalizations can be helpful in the process of learning to understand other cultures. Generalizations become dangerous when they result in negative stereotyping - unrealistic and exaggerated characteristics of a group of people. Cultural awareness begins by understanding yourself, then learning to understand others.” The Dangers of Stereotyping A Risky, Offensive & Non-Productive Exercise By Joyce Millet culturalsavvy/stereotyping.htm
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