Diversity Event

I thought that participating in the diversity event was very interesting. It really made me think about controversial issues and my opinion on them. For some of the questions it was hard to pick a side because I didn’t really agree or disagree with them. They were over very hard topics that were more complicated than just agreeing or disagreeing. One question that I thought was really interesting was the question about whether or not most stereotypes were based on some truth. I went to the agree side, not because I think that stereotypes are always true for all people of a certain group, but they wouldn’t be there unless they were based on something. Not everyone in a group is the exact same, everyone is their own person no matter what group they belong to. However, groups are groups because they have certain characteristics in common with one another. A stereotype is a generalization about a group; it doesn’t mean that everyone in that group is a certain way. Stereotypes are always going to be there for every group, it’s whether or not you base your actions and thoughts on them that matters.