Are sterotypes created or perpetuated?
467528
both and probably not. if that particluar group of people stopped acting a cetain way then a new stereotype would be formed.
390467
Coz men are men. It doesn't matters whether they're dense or not. All is different, each is unique. No offense, but perhaps you should ask why are you stereotyping.
506286
People can be brainwashed to become racist.  Their ignorance clouds their thoughts and they take it out on other groups. Some people use sterotypes to generalize about other races.  It is a shame.  \n\nAmerica is a melting pot and sometimes conflicts between groups arise.
351764
Some may say it is human nature but I believe that stereotyping is a product of the moral majority to believe they are of better standards and breeding of those who fall into a social setting other than their own...believing they are usually beneath them.  What gives us the right to judge others for their differences I will never know the answer to in my lifetime I am sure, but I know that those same people who stereotype others and then assume they know who you are, they are the same people who will swear up and down against hypocrisy.
160152
Neither. Broad generalizations typically are false.
624222
Stereotype. Sometimes, what we think and see is not what it really is.
802041
Stereotypes form from what it appears the majority of those distinct people are doing. Stereotypes are usually untrue about the whole group, but are usually true about the most visible ones of those groups. It appears to me that the least desireable of any group are the ones most demonstrative and most visible and thats where the stereotypes come from. Are all Italians mobsters? No... but those who are make themselves very visible. Are all blacks ghetto thugs? No, but those who are make themselves most visible, are all Christians nasty judgemental hypcrites? No, but those who are have made themselves most visible. Are all gays flamboyant hairdressers? No, but they're the ones most visible. \n\nUsually the stereotypes are what we wish people would overlook. Best thing to do I suppose is for the good people of these bunches to come out and be more vocal for their side.
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In principle, one group of people could evolve to be much more intelligent than others.  That is probably how we (Homo sapiens) wiped out the Neanterthals (Homo neanderthalensis).\n\nAmong us Homo sapiens, the evidence that one race is more or less intelligent than another is not convincing.  Differences in performance on intelligence tests (and who is to say that is relevant) are small.  Any discussion of the relationship of race to intelligence immediate gets shouted down by those who believe they are about to be judged inferior.\n\nIn principle, a small group of very intelligent people, who everyone could agree are more intelligent than the rest of us, could have evolved or could have been created by selective breeding (eugenics), but if there is one, they aren't showing themselves.
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Of course not!!\n\n\nThey evolved from gullible monkeys.
385098
there is not such a thing as a racial stock. the concept of races was an invention of the colonialist European 19th century, who tried to make biological categories of people.\nNowdays, with developments of genetics we know that the three main races as defined in that period doesn't corespond to biological realities.  Genetically there is one human specie, that's all, inside wich one you can find any  variation possible of individual characteristics in a continuum.\n\nOnly some countries in the world such as the USA continues to classify people in these imaginary categories, to maintain domination of one group in particular.
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To me that is just sterotype-ism.
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different kinds of people, mixed kinds of people with different temperaments, colors, etc
90991
Every unsupervised one...till it matters, then they morph back to another inconsiderate stereotype, maybe angels!\n\nNote: there are no rewards for those considered delinquent!\n\nBUT I DONT FEEEL TARDY!
53112
Back to the old debate... nature or nurture?\nI think both, and the issue is a very complex one.
645326
Any essay that would make that argument may be generalizing to the point of insignificance. They would have to be pretty persuasive to make me believe any such stereotype without a lot of evidence - which, by the way, doesn't exist.
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Stereotyping can be quite accurate; but then again, it can be completely incorrect and unfair. \n\nIt is basically where you draw conclusions pertaining to a specific group based on behaviors of the majority of that group.\n\nIt isn't necessarily wrong as long as the person always keeps in mind there are exceptions to each case and each individual has rights.
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Unlike most, who will give the standard politically correct answer you probably expect, I will tell you the hard truth.\n\nStereotypes and generalizations are based primarily on group traits, based on years and perhaps centuries, of common reactions to different situations.  In short, there ARE traits exhibited by different ethnic and racial groups that are typical to that group.  I am not talking about skin color but rather common traits found in slang speech, clothing choices, even vehicle choices.  It is based on cultural values and experience that goes to the root of that particular race or ethnic group and has been cultivated over thousands of years.  Thats why you will find Jews heavily in finance, Germans tending towards advanced engineering, the Italians having a sharp sense of style, etc.