stereotypes in boston

stereotypes in boston

stereotypes are what someone uses to describe people without meeting them first. Living in Boston, has made me realize that  basing your knowledge of people on stereotypes is like judging a book by its cover; and this shouldnt be done. i realized this when i came to boston, because here, there are many international students. we all come to college to make friends and expand the network, however sometime stereotyping makes us chose what kind of people we try to become friends with first. so the question that pops up in my headvery often, is why americans dont really get along with the international crowd. are we really that different? or is it stereotyping, what people say about each other, that prevents us from giving this opportunity of friendship a try?

I believe, that sometimes we are lazy when it comes to meeting people who are different from us. we become closed minded people in an enviorment that requires us to accept differences. we sometimes decided to hang out with the people we know and understand, because we enter a comfort zone that makes us feel good about our selves and not threatend by society.

for me for example, i am more open minded and believe that in the end we ae all very similar. we are all here for the same purpose and it is good to be friends with everyone. one learns a lot from people who were raised differently than them selves. as well as learning that stereotypes dont talk about everyone. theres always something one can find in common with everyone, but in boston i notice that people are afraid to give this a try. interaction between international students and americans is not commonly seen here. why could this be.do stereotypes that say we are so different speak the truth?