By creating assumptions about people,races,cultures etc we as society are enforcing segregation and excluding people hence we are creating “otherness”.Upon consideration of my own assumptions and stereotypes of people , i have realised that they could hold both positive and negative impacts.In reference to the parodic examples in the readings i have learned that stigmas can lead to the oversimplification and generalisation of people in society. Assumptions,stereotypes and stigmas can construct different identities and representations of people which takes away from their original identities such as when people stereotype asians for being very intelligent when in fact asians can have different intelligence levels as intelligence is not based on race but rather genes. This stereotype of asians is positive but i have realised that even when stereotypes seem positive to people it can still have a negative effect on the people that are stereotyped.

Exoticization is a very accurate example of stereotypical and misinformed generalisation of people and their cultures,traditions and values.One example of exoticization is the use of Native American dress as costumes for non-native performers or the use of Japanese kimono,makeup or movements to identify performers as asian when in fact they are not and thus this behaviour is in conjunction with racist portrayals of Asian and Native American people.In conclusion we should rather embrace originality to create a more positive society instead of a society where people have assumptions and stereotype others.