Blog #2— Struggling with stereotypes

i found it interesting that the article say that we need labels to communicate.  i always was taught that it was wrong to label people.  however, i see where they are coming from when they say that “Labels enable us to talk about religion,ethnicity…” etc.  because if you did not label a group by lets say religion, then how would you know what religion they belonged to.  It also states that “…labels can have their downsides”.  For instance, by putting certain labels on people it can become offensive.