Introduction Perception is defined as the process through which various organisms sense what is going on in the environment in which they live. As a result, they are able to interpret what is perceived thus developing meaningful interpretation. In other words it is the process by which human beings give an understanding of the information that they sense such as what they see, hear, feel, taste or smell (Lindsay & Norman 7). Perception is amongst the oldest concepts in psychology and its study resulted in the formation of Gestalt School of Psychology. Past experiences that a given individual went through such as cultural issues greatly determine such an individual’s perception. Perception can be accurate or not. For example, in some cases it has resulted in stereotyping. In this paper two activities are conducted. The first activity is from stereotype to empathy whose purpose is to brainstorm various ways to build empathy based on personal experiences with stereotyping. The second activity will relate to perception and art. The purpose of this activity is to illustrate that people have different perceptions. An explanation of the reasons that result into this will be given. From Stereotype to Empathy The purpose of this activity is to brainstorm ways to build empathy based on my own personal experiences with stereotyping. This arises from the fact that people hold different beliefs about certain social groups of people or different individuals. For example, some people are believed to be wise, others smart, while others are believed to be thieves amongst others. These public beliefs about people are what we refer to as stereotypes and can either be positive or negative but in most cases they are negative. This process of categorising and making assumptions about members of a particular group of people because they belong to that group is called stereotyping. As an individual, I have had some stereotype concerning black (Africans) Americans. African Americans’ stereotype Some of my stereotypes relating to Africans-Americans include believing that black people are dumb. This means that they are not able to express their needs in addition to being lazy. The resultant effect is that black African Americans are poor. In addition, these individuals are uncivilised, smelly and unchristian or un-devoted Christian who went to church just to sing gospel music (Charles 13). I also hold believe that black people are slaves and that they practice witchcraft. These stereotypes resulted from different sources as discussed below. Sources of Africans Americans stereotype Most of the stereotypes about African-Americans resulted from the media owned by white colonialists. For instance, in many televisions programmes, most of the characters who act as dumb and lazy are Africans.As a result, most of the people have believed that this is the case. In addition, Africans Americans are presented in scenes where they are engaging themselves in witchcraft in these television programmes. As a result, they are believed to be witches. Moreover, these stereotypes came from the colonizers.The fact that African-Americans are black make many people believe that they are dull even in their mind as their colour. Lastly, the sourc