Pop Culture: Different Types Of Stereotypes

Stereotypes are used on people of many different races and religions to mock the way they are. Many do not like what they are called, yet they are still called these things as it helps define who they are. Although these stereotypes are not always true, people still use them to torment others of who they are. Media and society place many stereotypes on different types of people. I am a teenage boy, who is of the Indian nationality. People stereotype me as a curry eating, smart Indian who always gets the highest scores on test, and people of my color are considered to be bombers hence the "Allahu Akbar" racism stereotype is placed upon me. I am expected to do typical male things and do nothing that girls would typically do. As an Indian teenage boy, I grew up around people calling me a curry eating, smart Indian. People always expected for me to be the person who got the highest grades on the tests and the person who they would ask for homework help. This is what most Indians are stereotyped as. Many of them may not like it, but it’s what they are called and it’s part of who they are. Now, while many may not be smart, almost all Indians eat curry, hence why people would always make fun of the

These stereotypes are all ways in which people define others or ultimately even mock others. Popular culture places many different stereotypes on me as well. People stereotype me as a curry eating, smart Indian due to the fact that I am of the Indian nationality. I am considered to be the one who always gets the highest scores on test, and people of my color are considered to be bombers hence the "Allahu Akbar" racism stereotype. Not only this, but I am expected to do typical male things and do nothing that girls would typically do. All these different stereotypes are placed upon me even when many of these aren’t true at all; they are all different ways in which people define