STEREOTYPES

Recorded at a support group for stereotypes:

- Thank you all for coming, and welcome to our first meeting. I’m the British bloke with bad teeth stereotype, and I’ll be your moderator. Please introduce yourselves, starting with you, sir.


- Sure. Hi, I’m a Jewish Stereotype. I spent years thinking I was a big nose, until another jewish stereotype — a miser — pointed out to me what I really was. I can’t say I’m happier than before, but at least I know myself deeper now. Thanks for listening.


- Good evening, nice to be here. I found out recently that I’m a female stereotype, not that dumb blond I thought I was. I’m having a hard time adjusting to the idea. I didn’t mind at all being that dumb blond: she was real sweet and had a good heart.


- Thank you. Who’s next?


- I guess me. To be honest, I came here just out of curiosity. I’m black, as you can see, but I have an average size penis. So I can’t be a stereotype, right?


- I disagree. There’s more than one way to be a stereotype. I’m a Muslim and I’m not a terrorist, so initially I don’t fit the stereotype. But I’m a woman, too, and a bad driver. That’s what makes me a stereotype.


- What about me? I hate sports, but I’m not gay.


- You may be a closet stereotype.


- Hold on, everybody! How do you know for sure if you’re a stereotype and not the real thing? If you’re the lazy Mexican stereotype, what makes you different from a real lazy Mexican?


- Okay, folks, I think we’ve had enough for one session. If any of you knows an Asian stereotype, please invite them. It’d be great to have at least one of them in our group.