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What are your thoughts about the impact of racist perceptions on schemas on stereotypes? In light of the vastly changing demographic - at the educational, economic, and social levels - and the shift in power in the USA?

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There are many different ways stereotyping can affect a variety of individuals. There are many things that people stereotype against other people as well.

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Stereotyping can come in many ways. A child can be stereotyped by a teacher because of siblings or parents. There are so many teachers who have taught the older siblings or even the parent of a child and because their siblings or parent had behavior issues they stereotype the current student as also having the same issues. Stereotyping can also be an issue in religious areas. There are some religions that claim to be affiliated with the Mormon religion that practice polygamy. Because of this many people known ...

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