stereotypes minna choung

Stereotypes
"What stereotypes do people have about you? What stereotypes do you have about other people? Are stereotypes beneficial or harmful? Why do you think this?"
People have a lot of stereotypes towards me. When I first meet someone, they try not to ‘know’ me because I scare them. I didn’t know why but later when they tell me about my first impression, they say my emotions are scary. Although I’m just doing my own thing, people think I’m mad and stressed out. However, as time passes and I get to know the people, they ignore me because they think I’m not as firm as they thought I’d be.
When I see people who smile all day long, I see them as fake. What I mean by this is that inside, they are swearing, but outside, they are being all nice and kind to others.
I personally think that stereotypes are harmful because most of the stereotypes we have is negative and not a lot of stereotypes are positive. Although I hold stereotypes towards other people too, I really don’t like being judged by others. It’s pretty funny how our minds work because even though we don’t like to judge people by their first impression, we tend to do it anyways. I think we’re too used to being judgmental towards others.