he Oxford community; almost everyone in my hometown works intrade industries which never allow one to live a lavish life. For every arrogant rich person there is a caring philanthropist that helpspeople like me and does not flaunt their money. Although the generalizations Ihave formed about rich people will be hard to disown, I think that they shoulddisappear with more contact with members of this group. (Husain, 1996) I alsobelieve that once I graduate from college and become acquainted with rich peopleoutside of Oxford, I will form new opinions of them.The second group that I often stereotype are the Asian students at Ole Miss. It seems that wherever you go around campus you never see them with people ofdifferent ethnic backgrounds. I often see them as antisocial individuals that spendall their time in the library. I have not been around many Asians and how Iperceive them is through the few that attend Ole Miss.I believe that culture has a lot to do with why I formed the generalizationsof Asians. The media often notes that Asians are academically superior toAmericans. Members of the Anglo and African American ethnic groups oftenagree that Asians are less than we are to try to gain stature upon one group. I alsonoted that whenever I went to work, went out, or went to church that there werenever any Asians to be found. However, whenever you enter the Ole Miss campusor the library you can find them everywhere. Being that I am a college student, thecollege can be viewed as part of my culture.There are many Asians that enjoy life outside of academia and carry ownsocial lives with people outside their ethnicity. (Corts, 1979) The limitedpopulation of Asians at Ole Miss only leads to broad generalizations of this groupbecause there is no chance of interaction in my hometown. There are also Asiansthat struggle through college much like there are Americans that struggle throughcollege.The third group that I notice I generalize is elderly p...
