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Episode 33 – Stereotypes!

Japan Intercultural Institute

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The Power of Language

Zena's stories are also a reminder that stereotypes are much more difficult to deal with when there is a power imbalance. In Zena's case, she got an opportunity to work in Germany under a professor but found he had certain assumptions about her. "I felt that I was kind of his thing, but he treated me with the utmost quaint and sometimes ridiculous respect," says Zena.

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