# Why do you think that stereotypes are so widely known by so many in our society?

Why are they so well known? Well its learned from  family member to family member, to friends. Also some stereotypes people think is funny so they go around spreading it around as humor or just to make themselves laugh. Also meeting one person that shares anyone of the stereotypes also doesn't help as it kind of assumes the rest of stereotyped people are like that and doesn't help the fact people spread this around. With regards to the family spreading this around, at one point in time I'm sure one person in the family had some sort of racialism and passed down some of their views towards the people they knew and with time it withered down (or not) to less then just typical stereotypes that people have today. This is sad but true.