Describe a situation in which the given stereotype can harm you.
"All Asians are smart!"
Imagine you're a small child of Asian descent. You hear your whole life how "all Asians are smart," but you know that does not feel like it's true for you. You have a hard time in school. Reading is difficult. Math is impossible. Everyone around you seems to pressure you because you are supposed to be "smart." Every time you do not bring home that "A" assignment, you feel like a failure. Like you alone missed out on the gene that makes "all Asians smart."
As educational opportunities like scholarships and colleges close their door on you, your future looks bleak. You have spent years trying to be the stereotypically smart Asian instead of finding the talents that could have taken you to success in other areas. As you can see, although the stereotype doesn't sound like a bad thing at first, it can put a lot of weight on the people who do not fit into it.