“Racial and ethnic stereotypes are particularly problematic because they are automatically triggered and lead to racial bias without our conscious awareness. These stereotypes are often activated by looking at someone’s facial features and skin tone.” (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2007 On a direct quotation, you must indicate the page number, if you used a printed document, or a ¶ number if your source is online.) The definition of stereotype, according to Robert Kreitner and Angelo Kinicki in their textbook, Organizational Behavior, is “an individual’s set of beliefs about the characteristics or attributes of a group.” (2007 On a direct quotation, you must indicate the page number, if you used a printed document, or a ¶ number if your source is online.) With that being said, individuals form stereotypes about certain groups all the time. These stereotypes are not necessarily done with a negative intent. One might assume all accountants are very good in math, when in actuality, accounting has very little math in it. The opening quote points out the problem being that these stereotypes are done unconsciously. We Who is “we”? Who is “our”? Are you talking about you and me (the reader)? Please do not include me in your analysis. The use of “we” or any first person pronoun makes the statement personal and not objective. You want to demonstrate objectivity.may have watched so many gangster movies that now we assume all Italians living in Brooklyn have ties to the mob. Also, when we see the slanted eyes of an obviously Asian individual we believe they must be more intelligent than we are. That assumption is only made because of the beliefs and the attitudes that we have adopted as individuals. First, this paper will discuss the differences between prejudice, discriminatio ...