Archetypes vs. Stereotypes

An Archetype is defined as a very typical example of a person or thing.
Some examples of archetypes would be like we all have a role in society and as long as we play that role we will be successful.

This is like saying everyone needs to go to school; take on the student role. If we don't do this then we won't be successful and we won't have a good life. This isn't true we don't need to file into society like robots because thats what society says we should do. Everyone has their own path and we just need to find ours. Or like because you are african american you are automatically put into the category of failure. You won't graduate from high school and you will have three kids by the time you are 16 with three different women. You will never be any one. This is wrong on so many levels. Everyone has the opportunity to be someone or to do something, you just have to beat the standards. I believe that archetypes are more severe then stereotypes. These categorize the individual.

A Stereotype is defined a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular person or thing.
Some examples of stereotypes would be racial remarks, sexual remarks, and gender remarks.

A stereotype today would be like Asian people love to eat rice, or black people love fried chicken. These categorize a group of people into the same commonality. Just because you are black doesn't automatically mean that you like fried chicken, I'm white and I love fried chicken and I also love rice. Just because you fall into that gender, ethnicity, or sexuality society has a stupid way of categorizing people. You are an individual and unfortunately society doesn't see past skin deep, or past your gender. Theses things need to be changed you shouldn't be categorized with every other white female, or spanish male, you should be seen for who you are. Unfortunately as a whole we can't get rid of stereotypes, but thinking for yourself you can. You can change the way that you think, and the way that you present yourself.