The classic problem of racist stereotypes and caricatures do actually exist in real life. While they are taken to an extreme to dehumanize they are almost always based on either a real fact about a culture or a major figure in that culture.

The stripping of context and exaggeration is the problem. Which in turn means when you come across someone who genuinely is the exact definition of the stereotype if you lack the correct context it looks racist.

But with the context it’s just a reminder that yes, humans are infact that diverse and your preconceived notions and assumptions are wrong and you need to step back and remember.

Never assume, always search for the context and never default to the worse or best possible explanation.

Hell a great one I enjoy is if you explained who snoop Dogg is with out the context of who he actually is. You would think I’m describing a racist stereotype of a made up characterature.

Instead of the complex human he actually is.