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A stereotype is a generalization made by a group. What stereotype do you think hippies might have formed about mainstream Americans? What stereotype do you think mainstream Americans might have formed about hippies? Why?
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VerifiedMainstream America and hippies were notoriously at odds. Hippies valued progress, free love, and individual liberty, which they saw as antithetical (opposed to) the conservatism of average America. Hippies viewed mainstream Americans as backward thinking, overcautious, and too eager to conform. Meanwhile, mainstream Americans valued hard-work in the American economy, respect for the military and past generations, and adherence to societal norms. Thus, they viewed hippies as lazy, entitled, and needlessly confrontational. Both caricatures of traditional Americans and rebellious youth persist to this day, greatly influencing popular and political conversation in the United States.
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