Diversity Q & A

Why do people stereotype and assume things about others?

Haisam

Most of the time I believe it is because people who have not met or known a person who is different from them, make up their mind about how the other person is before giving them a chance.  We like to put people in classes or 'pigeon hole' them and say things like 'all Muslims are ...' because this is easier than taking the time to get to know the person and treating them as an individual.