Write about a time when you realized that your perception of a person or group was based on stereotypes. How did this realization affect your behavior or beliefs? What steps did you take to change your perceptions?

 Everyone in America has a perception of other countries that is wrong if they have never been there. It is hard for us to imagine what other places could look like, especially if we are given the same pictures and information over and over, and that is going to be what you see that place as. You only know what you have been told or seen. If you want to get the full picture or make assumptions about another place, you have to actually go there and see what happens. In particular, people in America like to belive we have the best country, and I do not think that is true. I want to see what other countries there are. 

Today in class, we used a random generator and got into groups of four and chose a culture to discuss the stereotypes of. We then got to work on a powerpoint, dividing up who was doing what in the group.

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