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Personal Stereotypes: A Personal Analysis
As times change so does the opinions of individuals. There have been many times where my opinion has changed for what I believe is a more educated perspective. For the majority of my parents life, they grew up in the North East. They eventually moved to Florida in the mid 90's and had me. I was born and raised in Florida, a southern state that is not considered to have a stereotypical southern opinion. I never saw the effect of a confederate flag. Of course you learn about the flag and the civil war in school, but that doesn't teach you the personal symbolism some have with the flag. I never cared about the confederate flag, it wasn't something I saw other than on the occasional car or shirt. As I got older I became a person who liked to try
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