True Bill. It is hard work sometimes to think beyond the stereotypes, because there are nearly always some awkward facts behind them, and because our brains are built to organize information into broad categories and generalizations.    However, it is not the facts that make a stereotype. It is the assumptions.

Sometime, over coffee, I'd like to share with you a story, with demographic details altered to protect confidentiality. It includes the rebel flag, gang symbols, drug dealers, behaviorally challenged kids, extreme poverty, kindness, meaness, racism, and the struggle to survive.