Stereotypes In America

The United States of America is a very diverse society. Today, minorities make up fifty percent of our population (US Census Bureau). However, there are still misconceptions and stereotypes about these minorities. A Pakistani man may have amazing stories and content to show but his audience may not be able to see through his accent. An African American man could be murdered but receive no attention while a Caucasian man is more likely to. A woman from Nigeria that comes from a wealthy background simply receives pity when she immigrates to the America due to a concrete image about her continent. Minorities in the United States are still fighting to be heard and represented but are ignored due to them not fitting the mold of “normal” and stereotypes.

Although it wasn’t the conventional idea of “normal”, they wanted his minority group to be recognized through the powerful letter. While this was all taking place, a Black rookie cop was listening in on the class and spoke “"Most times when you out on the street and something comes down you do one of two things. Over-react or under-react. Now, if you under-react then you can get yourself kilt. And if you over-react then maybe you kill somebody” (Jordan, 167). This, however, was not a mere case of overreacting. There are no justifying deaths due to stereotypes about

Adichie immigrated to America at age 19 to attend college and became an immigrant. Her roommate was very shocked by her since she spoke English so fluently and had the same music taste as her. She was ignorant because she had only heard of the stories of the poor. Adichie was stereotyped into the demeaning molds of the American people. When many think of Africa, they think of starving families that live in tribal villages with no electricity, when the multiple countries in Africa have beautiful landscapes and people live in cities. The minority of immigrated Nigerians and other immigrants from Africa are patronized and stereotyped. Some Americans cannot grasp the concept that Adichie fit into their ideal of “normal” when she came from Nigeria, where you’re supposed to be in poverty. This is what is considered “normal” in Africa as defined by America and demonstrated by Adichie’s roommate and a professor she had in college. “[I] had a professor, who once told me that my novel was not "authentically African."- the professor told me that my characters were too much like him, an educated and middle-class man.-Therefore they were not authentically African” (Ngozi Adichie). Stereotypes like these keep Americans close-minded and ignorant about