stereotypes

Where does tradition end and stereotypes begin? Is it only when it is a negative trait?

I don't want people to think that I am a stuffy business man so should I get tattoos?  Do I get a mohawk to show people I am not a part of the of the norm.  Although punk is so dirty and I like to look good, how about mod?  I want to be cool, but not look like I try, yet try to be mod?  Too much thinking, how about I just be gangster, wear the appropriate colors and listen to rap.  Too much violence, plus all the people that I associate with hip hop, they probably won't accept me.  If I try to be like them I would just be a white wannabe, but wait, I'm half mexican.  I guess I need to listen to salsa, eat mexican food, celebrate Mexican Independence day so I don't forget my heritage.  Although then what stereotype am I fitting into?  Is that the one I want?  How about I do my own thing, I can wear a kilt and sport a bagpipe.  Nope, walk around in wooden slippers and a kimono, or just wear hemp and support the idea of peace and give everyone all the money in the world.  Which stereotype fits me?

Or be every stereotype all at once, be it all... The liberal that believes in ProLife, the hippie that wants peace and the stock market to help them get that home.  Be the entrepreneur that hates the idea of consumerism, the punk rocker that dresses in a suit, the Catholic that worships in a Buddhist temple.  The only thing is that doesn't make any sense, you can't be the up and the down, so I guess I'll just pick the one that everyone else has picked so I won't be an outsider, an insider.

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