"Racial and ethnic stereotypes are particularly problematic because they are automatically triggered and lead to racial prejudice without us being aware of it. These stereotypes are often activated by looking at a person's facial features and skin tone. 'a person.' (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2007 On a direct quote, 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 quote, you must provide the page number, if you used a printed document, or a ¶ number if your source is online.) That being said, people form stereotypes about certain groups all the time . These stereotypes are not necessarily formulated with negative intent. One might assume that all accountants are very good at math, when in reality there is very little math in accounting. The opening quote points out that the problem is that these stereotypes are unconsciously created. We Who is “us”? Who is “our”? Are you talking about you and me (the reader)? Please don't include me in your analysis. Using “we” or any first person pronoun makes the statement personal and not objective. You want to be objective. You may have watched so many gangster movies that we now assume that every Italian living in Brooklyn has ties to the mafia. Additionally, when we see the slanted eyes of an obviously Asian individual, we think they must be smarter than us. This assumption is only made because of the beliefs and attitudes we have adopted as individuals. First, this article will discuss the differences between the medium of paper and its usage. Works Cited Barnes & Noble and the Anti-Defamation League. (nd). 101 ways to fight prejudice. Retrieved December 4, 2004 from HYPERLINK "http://www.adl.org/prejudice/closethebook.pdf" http://www.adl.org/prejudice/closethebook.pdf Uranga, Rachel. (March 6, 2008) Anti-Semitic Incidents Decline in Nation, State Retrieved March 19, 2008 from HYPERLINK "http://www.dailynews.com" http://www.dailynews.comKreitner, R., & Kinicki , HAS . (2008). Organizational Behavior (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. Massie, Mychal. (June 8, 2004). Why hate the Jews? Good question! Retrieved March 20, 2008 from HYPERLINK "http://www.worldnetdaily.com" http://www.worldnetdaily.comMann, Gil. (No date given) Why people hate Jews Retrieved March 20, 2008 from HYPERLINK "http://www.beingjewish.org" http://www.beingjewish.orgAnti-Semiticism PAGE 1