Stereotypes are also Fake News

During the Wednesday Rose Café, Professor Schwarz had a discussion with the group about fake news. He discussed fake news in media outlets and as well as in our daily lives. The topic that he discussed that really stood out to me was that fake news extends beyond the newspapers and that stereotypes are also a form of fake news. Before the café, I usually associated fake news with the news, and I never thought about fake news as stereotypes. But after the conversation, it makes sense that stereotypes are fake news because when people stereotype, they spread false information about a group. This is something that I will become more aware of in the future and will do what I can to stop it. We may not be able to change the fake news that are written in the newspapers, but we can change the fake news that we say in our everyday lives and start to make a change there.

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