Stranger - "Where are you from?" Friend - "Tanzania." Stranger - "Woah! Exotic!" Me -  "It's really, really offensive to call a person exotic." Stranger - "Offensive? I didn't mean to be offensive! It's a compliment!". This was in a chatroom of Tumblr users.
Do you feel it's bad to be considered exotic?
I never said it's a bad thing to be an african, but I meant it is like being proud of fucking animals in a zoo.
While some stereotypes are seemingly positive or neutral, all are very harmful. Stereotyping is not good because it leads to wrong notions about a particular community and on that basis, discriminating against it. Black people victimized by insults and stereotypes affect their self-confidence and make matters worse.