Often, we make assumptions ###### groups of people. This ###### we have ideas about ###### those people are like. ###### we don't have proof ###### our ideas are true.

###### kinds of assumptions are ###### stereotypes. They are often ###### on race, religion and ######. They can also be ###### on whether people are ###### or straight. They can ###### be based on what ###### they are from.

Stereotypes ######. Generalizations ]]>
For example, think ###### how you would answer ###### someone asked: What group ###### people in the U.S. are the best at playing basketball? Or, what group is the best at math?

###### an idea on just ###### few examples can lead ###### generalizations. Over time, many ###### might start to believe ###### same generalization. That is ###### the generalization becomes a ######. A stereotype is a ######. It only seems true ###### it gets repeated over ###### over.

Stereotypes Can Be Complicated ]]>
There ###### positive stereotypes. But this ###### also be bad. Say ###### student belongs to a ###### of people who are ###### seen as smart. But ###### student happens to have ###### learning disability. It is ###### as easy for them ###### learn as it is ###### others.]]>
Is There Truth In Stereotypes?

It might ###### like stereotypes are partly ######. But that's not really ###### case. Stereotypes make it ###### like groups of people ###### a certain way because ###### how they're born. Science ###### that this is not ######. There are other reasons ###### explain how people are.

###### a society only lets ###### group of people do ###### jobs. Members of this ###### might become known for ###### job. This isn't because ###### don't have skills to ###### other things.]]>
###### next time you catch ###### thinking of a stereotype, ###### this. Think about the ###### you belong to. Make ###### list of the stereotypes ###### those groups. You might ###### that those stereotypes about ###### aren't true.]]>