Stereotypes

In class today we have been talking about stereotypes so I thought I should share a stereotype about Los Altos, "A city across the train tracks from Mountain View. Full of old people and rich white kids who act ghetto because they know they're so far from the hood they won't get shot"(Urban Dictionary).  This is taken off of Urban Dictionary, and obviously Urban Dictionary is not the most reliable source, but it composes of real people posting real stereotypes. Some may think this stereotype to be true, but why is that? We in Los Altos are so far from the ghetto and I feel like this assumption is false. If you look up videos of the ghetto, and the type of people that live in the ghetto, they are completely different from people here. All stereotypes come with some truth, but that may only apply to a few people and does not apply to all people who live in Los Altos. There are stereotypes about every group of people, and I advise that before you automatically believe these mostly false assumptions, think about your own experiences with the types of people who are being stereotyped, and you will find that these assumptions are for the most part false. Instead of following what other people say, make it a goal to use real experiences, not assumptions, to come to your own conclusion.