Stereotypes on
Senegal
A stereotype
according to the Cambridge dictionary is “an idea that is used to describe a particular type of person or thing”.
In this entry I’m going to talk about the perception and stereotypes that
people have of the country of Senegal. Before talking about the stereotypes in
this country I would like to start by pointing the main characteristics of this
amazing country.
Senegal is a country located on the west of
the African country, Senegal is known as one of the hottest countries in the
world, last year average temperature was 37º C. Senegal is known all over the world because of their vast
culture, specifically because of their celebrations. This country is also known
because of the famous R&B singer Akon Thiam, better known as Akon.
Some of the stereotypes about this country
are: people here is violent, drug dealers, modest, relaxed, creative, corrupt
and that they have strange cults.
I think some of the stereotypes mentioned
above are ridiculous and absurd, but others are correct, for example the one
that says that Senegalese people is modest, is true because almost all the
people that lives in this country is characterized by their modesty and
kindness.
I think that stereotypes is something that
people uses to catalogue people from other regions or countries, but sometimes
this stereotypes can be ridiculous and offensive to the people that lives in
that country. I also believe that sometimes we create stereotypes because we
are ignorant and we don’t even try to know more about this country, so we conform
to the things that other people say. In conclusion I think that stereotypes
affects us a lot and sometimes they simply make us look like ignorant or as
people without culture.
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