Stereotyping to me is when someone makes a judgment about someone that isn’t true because they do not know the person.  I would most likely be stereotyped by the class I belong to because I may not always dress up or brag about what I have it does not mean that I do not have anything.  Many stereotype me on the clues they see around them about my particular class and not what the true facts are.  Many say that we grew up very poor and that there was no money.  But my great grandfather was a wealthy man and my grandmother inherited that wealth.  So I don’t want to say we do have a lot of money and I don’t want to say we don’t.  I believe stereotypes can be harmful because they could lead society to believe something about the particular group I belong to be untrue.  Stereotypes can be helpful to try and benefit from society’s views on a particular group.