Is stereotyping a form of prejudice?

Tweet

I wrote a discussion on whether we under or overestimate things we dont understand and I had so many errors in it, I felt I needed to redo. My whole life I have been stereotyped as a nerd, an intellectual or even gay because of the way I look and talk. When people here me talk and look at my size they think Im a nerd. They seem surprised at first, that I can play basketball and will fight even though in most situations I would be outsized. Some think because I can talk in a proper way I must not be that tough or can be taken advantage of or think I some sort of cream puff because I dont like sitting and ego tripping like many men do. But they see me hold my head up high even in the midst of manic depressions. Their stereotyping is a form of prejudice but it is a cultural prejudice. It happens within races, within families and within organizations. Stereotyping is a form of life. The key is how do you turn it to yoru advantage.