I have often seen the cry of stereotyping linked to "racisim".
I wonder why, exactly.
If a school has a failure rate of 55% it would be natural to call it a bad school and schools are often un accreditied because of this. Is that not a type of stereotyping? After all, 45% did not fail!
The same thing is true of ANY identifiable, social group!
Stereotypes are born of the actions/attitudes/beliefs/practices of a LARGE percentage of that identifiable group.
Is not that subset of the larger group to blame for the growth of said stereotype?
Let us take one that bothers very few people, namely politicians.
Are they ALL croocks? Do they ALL take kickbacks and bribes, or show favoritism for large contributors?
I cannot fathom that EVERY SINGLE ONE does.
But the STEREOTYPE is one that tells the general population, that this is a truism, and that politicians are neither to be trusted nor believed
Who holds more blame for this view?
The ones who ARE what the stereotype acurately represents.
2006-07-28
09:16:14
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athorgarak
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