The greatest distinction of stereotypes is their position in schools, but by the act of designating high schools in particular as full of unthinking masses where such folly can flourish, the point is ignored that students are only reflecting the world around them, and traditional wisdom skirts over this unflattering matter. On the other hand, it is indeed true that the issue is a defining part of schools; however, when one sees that schools, like anything else, have to reflect society, it is readily apparent where the crux of the subject lies, and also that the concentration on schools is an irresponsible shirking of blame. To find the source, one must go elsewhere, further up the power structure.

The weaknesses of stereotyping is important to address. From the moment one person meets another, the two of them begin the process of developing their opinions of each other. To be accurate, these opinions should be based on actual interactions between those people, except often this is not the case (probably part of the explanation for the reputation of judgment in schools- the environment encourages weak thinking). For a similar mistake to be applied to relations between cultural groups or nations even carries with it potentially heft consequences, illuminating just how corrosive mental laziness is on larger scales, with stakes that actually matter behind them.