Stereotypes Journal

In my personal opinion, I think stereotypes are one of the barriers that keep people from being free and peaceful. The stereotypes against differenent races and cultures bring harm and neglect.
When my peers find out that I am full Chinese, immediately they think of a variety of things. Communism, Jjajiang-myun, poverty, etc. In middle school, people called me the "communist" at times and even though I knew it was just a joke, it still hurt my feelings. At a certain point, I didn't want my Chinese nationality, I wanted to be Korean since most of my friends were Korean.
The stereotypes of the Chinese culture and people are mainly focused on communism. Asking anyone in the world, communism would equal Russia, North Korea, and China. They think of us as people without mercy, murdering, and having a dictator that rules everyone else. There are still a few countries that follow this encounters, but China has evolved. China is still a communist country, but it has changed from the expectations.
Searching through the internet, I often enjoy watching the Tyra Banks Show. I enjoy it because Tyra talks about a variety of different things, including: race issues, sexism, religion, etc. There was an episode where Tyra invited a Middle-eastern woman who grew up in the United States. However, because of the muslim outfit she was wearing, people immediately thought of her as a suicide bomber. And so, there was actually a african-american woman who critisized this Middle-eastern woman that she looked exactly like her suicidal brothers from the Middle east. This was certainly a stereotype because if a person has on a turban or maybe a religious muslim outfit, people will immediately remind themselves of suicide bombers, terrorists. They will keep away from these people as far as possible.
Stereotypes may not only bring harm, but it could also ruin a person's life. Seeing and hearing about stereotypes doesn't mean that they are all true.