Write about a time when you realized that your perception of a particular food was based on a stereotype.

Originally I always thought why do people say we only eat beans or are we bean people. I always found that kinda weird.i believed everyone ate it but then i found out that a lot of people do eat beans but Mexicans eat it even more.i even asked my mother and what she told me is because it’s out peoples food.i asked her what do you mean our peoples food? She then explained we Mexicans mainly grow it live from it and feed from it. Its a food source that has sustained almost everyone’s lives.although to our people its was more of a blessing than any other food.Since then I always thank the beans for being a blessing to me and my family.

Over all people always say things of others. I just learned to live with it and appreciate what is given to me and appreciate others for what they do and give me.

My thinking shifted the moment I stoped thinking it was just a crop but something more meaningful to my family. I always used to question it but after hearing an explanation from my mother I believed that it could be more than a simple crop.