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Stereotypes can influence what we think about other people, by highlighting the similarities in their appearances and their shared distinguishing traits. The obvious similarities allows us to group people and place them in boxes which only works on  the above averages and does not allow for those of the minorities that dont fit in the stereotype boxes. Stereotypes direct our attention toward the similarities because it is in the power of grouping that allows us to formulate patterns and understand how things are and how they work. This is not a perfect analysis because people who don't fit the mould will always slip through the cracks and be unaccounted for. The diversity of people will never be fully understood and appreciated under such a basic analysis. But this analysis was never designed to fit everyone in a perfect box it was purely designed to simplify people based on their similarities. Where stereotypes may be right in alot of ways it will never be 100 percent because people are alot more complicated than the box's that they are placed in. The only real way to appreciate someone in their entirety is to talk to them and get to know who they are and what they stand for.