Being a teenager, it is easy to get blamed for anything that goes wrong. For example, if you were diving down the road and you see two cars that had gotten in a wreck and standing outside the cars were a teenager and a middle aged man, who would you think caused the wreck? Almost everybody, including teenagers, would think that the teenager caused it. This is because all teenagers are stereotyped as being excessively wild and out of control when most of the time that is not the case. This is similar to the character in Wanda Coleman’s “Sears Life.” The character has grown to dislike shopping because when she goes to a store she fells like all of the employees are watching her to make sure she doesn’t try to steal anything. She is stereotyped as a shoplifter because she is a black woman who does not look like she could afford to buy clothes. People need to learn to put stereo types aside and consider the situation before they start judging you by your age or the color of your skin.
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