Hugues Roland Ingabire

Business Administration Major

Some people might know what this word means, some might not. Some people might have been victim of its erroneous conclusions, some might not.

Well, I am writing this article because, honestly, I am sick of this word “Stereotype”. The funny thing is that some use this concept without even mentioning the word itself.

Let me first attempt to give a definition. A stereotype is an oversimplified description or definition of a group or a category of people. One example would be seeing a white male shooting a black kid in a movie; and concluding that all white males hate black kids. Therefore, white people are criminals.

It can be this crazy; A MOVIE sets the tone of our reality. Well, some people think that Africans carries diseases, don’t they? Ask them where they got those ideas or at least if they even have any data to back up their wrongful opinions.

Oh! Ebola you would say, well, I never had it. Does that mean that I am not from Africa? What about the Americans who contracted that disease? Does that make them Africans? It’s time that we stop using nonsense stereotypes as excuses to back up our racial opinions.

Let’s face it: I’m black, you’re white, and we are all beautiful. Aren’t we? The skin color does not mean that much to me. One inch underneath the skin we’re all red. We all bleed. Oh, last time I checked our blood has the same color “RED”.

If you know me, you have probably noticed that I have an accent. Or my English is not as good as yours, I should say! Does that mean I am dumb? What if I tell you that I speak three other languages? Does that make you not smart you who speak only English?

Let’s come back to our senses and learn from history. A long time ago people use to believe that some people were born greater than others. Do you still believe in this? Hey, wake up we are in 2016 not 1206!

Let’s help each other out, let’s share our skills and our ingenuity. Remember, at the end of the day we are the same. We all have feelings. We all fears. We all have a SOUL and that’s what makes HUMANS. God bless not only America, but also Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Most importantly God bless YOU!