Based on my past experiences, I realize that the most important reason for stereotypes is because many people seem to associate someone’s personality with the situation they are in. That is the biggest reason why we stereotype. If people were not put in certain situations, many people would not know how to judge them. For someone who is original and can carry themselves to their own standards, people are afraid of that and still want to judge based off of what you are not portraying. The example in the questionnaire about someone being homeless because they are lazy, is the perfect example for this topic. People all over the world fall on hard times or live in an area that they cannot escape from and have to settle for nothing. I do believe that people have control of their own destiny, but before you get there, you are being judged. Some people simply fall into this category because they do not need to look a certain way to impress people. When you have money but do not value materialistic things, you are most likely going to be viewed as a poor person.
There was a bad experiences I had when I was categorized as a “crazy” person because I was in the military. It was not the first time I heard of it, but it was the first time it was directed toward me. Based on the questionnaire, this goes with my number one choice because I was judged due to the environment I was in. This goes hand-in-hand with my pick because there were many aspects to me, but this person only looked at the group I was in. This was not based of my personal culture, but there is a certain culture in the military. We have good values in bad situations. I did experience negative stereotyping because of my identity as a Soldier. I also received good stereotyping because of my identity as well, I was told that we are tough and people do not want to try us or they will lose. I have