Pigeonhole

A specific, often oversimplified category.

It’s an easy way to catagorize people, but it is rarely fair and accurate.

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No one from [name of place] is any good.

And Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

John 1:46

Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the care of Joseph and Mary.

Many of the Apostles were Galileans.

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Everyone who is a [occupation] is bad.

The Pharisee stood and was praying thus to himself, “God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people: ... even like this tax-gatherer.”

Luke 18:11

Matthew was a tax gatherer.

Zaccheus was a chief tax-gatherer.

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All people of [race] are like that.

The Jews answered and said to Him [Jesus], "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon.?”

John 8:48

It was the Samaritan that was a true neighbor.

Of the ten lepers who were healed, only the Samaritan thanked Jesus.