Youth growing up in small communities with ambiguous unspoken rules within their society are sponges to the environment that surrounds them.
Many forms of the media has a direct influence on youth when they find themselves on social media sites, watching videos online and engaging in activities with their peers.
Mass media tends to associate humour and the characteristics of individuals from different cultures with stereotypes that become commonly recognized. Youth may assimilate the stereotypes seen on t.v. to real world situations and this can be detrimental to social relationships.

 A phrase we need to critically use and apply - "Never judge a book by it's cover"
All individuals can be seen as a book, with a story behind them. We cannot know what the story is about or has to offer if we do not first read into it and inspect what the story is about or has to offer.  


Definitions:
Stereotype: a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Race: group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, an ethnic group having distinct physical characteristics. 

Culture: customs, arts, social institution of a particular nation, people, or other social group.; the attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group.