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A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.

I've just been really lucky to not be too much of a stereotype.

I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.

Sometimes stereotyping happens not because of any nefarious reasons but rather because people don't know who you are or where you come from, so they go for the broad strokes about you, your culture, your faith, all that.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

Keep in mind that diversity does not just mean black. It means all of it - age, weight, gender.

I know there is a stereotype that I am naive, but I know what I want, and I know what I'm doing to get there.

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.