Stereotypes- Do exactly what they don’t expect from you.
3 min readApr 6, 2020
If you have ever been stereotyped or know people great at stereotyping, here are three ways you can handle it well the next time: Face, respond and learn.
In an executive meeting, a senior professional looks into my eyes feeling challenged. Baffled seeing me glare back at him, comments, “aren’t you from Bihar?” I responded, “yes I am. So?”. He continued that he knows…