Stereotype threat is a very real and very significant issue many immigrants have to deal with, from being picked in school because children don’t know any better (or not doing as well on tests because of pre-conceived notions on the stereotyped’ intelligence) to suffering in the professional foyer because potential employers or co-workers are ignorant or scared, stereotype threat affects immigrants both socially and psychologically. How long can these unflattering portrayals be allowed to continue? “By the age of 6, virtually everyone in our culture is aware of a variety of cultural stereotypes. Mere familiarity with their content is enough to bias people’s perceptions and treatment of individuals from stereotyped groups.” This fact is rather unnerving and the decline of stereotyping is much overdue, mostly because people believe in these stereotypes and will sadly continue to do so unless they are educated otherwise.