America is a big puzzle where all the states are connected and the pieces fit together perfectly, forming one nation, but internally stereotyping occurs and creates barriers amongst people of different race, class, and culture. By defining an individual based on his or her race or ethnicity, one is grouping them into different categories, thereby stereotyping them. Stereotyping creates these imaginary boundaries that separate the people of different cultures. However, race and ethnicity are not …showed first 75 words of 1515 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1515 total…be spoken is only spoken at home, if at all. All the little things that Americans do seem to eventually replace what we feel were important in our culture and then there comes a point where there is not enough room for one to practice both cultures fully. So instead of choosing to follow ones old tradition, one must move on with society and into the 21st century, where they will incorporate the American ideals.