People around this world have had different culture and religion, they have lived in variations of societies, they had been classified differently and thus people have different beliefs and feelings for each other. A standardized conception or image of specific group, persons or object is known as stereotype. It is the mental picture of a group or individuals who share certain characteristics. Stereotype tends to be a natural human function through which beliefs and values …showed first 75 words of 1170 total…

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