A perspective of the "other" side
15 Years old in a high school where you know nobody, including yourself, I was caught between one would say a crossfire. A discriminatory one at that. A coloured girl in an all white private school, I stood out like a sore thumb. I was below them, othered, because my hair was not as straight and my skin was white but never white enough.
This alone should tell you, I am no stranger to the stereotype of "othering". In fact I know many of us (even perhaps you reading this) has been subjected or thus maybe even guilty (don't lie we've all been there) of it on a scale either so severe for you to change your perception of those who've done that to you or it was a mere shrug off, just another day type of thing. Whether one or the other, either you or myself, we've been accustomed to formulate our own conclusions of race, gender roles, physical appearance, wealth and more.
"Othering" is a tactic best suited to single out and exclude beings from the very thing that makes them unique, best described by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The danger of a single story.
These Eurocentric beliefs should not condone you if your nose is different, or if you've got curves, curly, straight or kinky hair. This Western conception of a set standard of beauty and wealth is an idea that has expired, many years ago.
I leave you with this, you are not defined by a stereotype, but you are by the conclusions you draw from those different around you.