When you look around at the people in a mall, work, or at school what do you see? Diversity is what is seen, not only at the mall but also at work, school, and other public places. In the United States as well as other countries diversity is everywhere there is no avoiding it, it comes in different shapes, sizes, and colors. What is diversity? Diversity is, "the fact or quality of being diverse; difference, a point or respect in which things differ" (Mifflin, 2000). Diversity is just something that is different from other things. There are many forms of being diverse like ethnicity, gender, age, and religion. Being diverse not only makes an individual different from the next but diversity impacts an individual's behavior at work, school, and in society.
             The way an individual behaves can do a lot with their ethnicity. In the world today practically every ethnic background has a stereotype. Due to the stereotypes of the different ethnic backgrounds the youth today is practically forced to behave in a certain manner because of the stereotypes. I am Mexican and growing up in an a small community where the white population was dominant over the Mexican most Mexicans were stereotyped as gang affiliated and were trouble makers. So most of the Mexican youth grew up believing they had to be in a gang because that is what Mexican kids do. Something like that can impact the way an individual acts because they will start to believe themselves that is what they are so why fight it. Stereotyping of ethnicity does not only happen to Mexicans but also to the African Americans, Orientals, and even the White Americans. Sometimes negative stereotypes can have a positive impact on individual behavior. The negative stereotype can make that individual want to change and not fall into the stereotype and prove people wrong. So instead of negative stereotype making an individual weaker it makes them stronger.
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