My best story about this is when an (asian female) friend drove me to work when I was younger, she was eating spaghetti, off of a plate, with a fork...while driving. We were only going about 10 minutes down the road but I have never been more scared for my life in a vehicle.
I didn't know why she had to choose to do it there and couldn't wait the 20~ minutes or so to get back home either. When I brought it up years later she just had no recollection so I can only think it never even crossed her mind if she should or shouldn't do shit like that while driving.
Stereotypes are just our brain using shorthand and prior memory to avoid working hard and jumping right to the conclusion. This is a system that wouldn't work if it was consistently wrong. We wouldn't have evolved the ability to do so as it would have fucked us constantly.
What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
The answer is -3. You're stereotyping that the sequence is 2^n. Really it was just "numbers I like to write down". And you may say that's unfair and stupid, to which I reply "stop stereotyping". It's a stereotype that mathematical sequences make logical sense.
And it's also how society managed to stop living on open plains eating rotten berries. How humans didn't go extinct. Tiger = bad = stereotype. Not all tigers are dangerous. But stereotypes are generally speaking true (because if they're disproven enough, they're replaced by a new stereotype), and not only are they usually true (or close enough), they're HELPFUL. I know the difference between Joe and Carl because I discriminate between their traits. But a random stranger? I need to use general rules, stereotypes, because I can't discriminate between them and the general population.
The "stereotype" that the newspaper is complaining about is that there's a tendency for drunken young black men to get into fights on 6th Street in Austin. And what happens (like what happened in the last shooting on 6th Street) sometimes is that these guys pull out guns and try to shoot the other guy that they're mad at. There's a consistent fucking pattern, so yes, this specific stereotype is rooted in truth.
Stereotypes are rooted in truth.
As someone who lives in a city where Asians are the majority, the stereotype about Asian female drivers is 100% accurate.
I can also attest to the stereotype about rural whites loving guns.
My best story about this is when an (asian female) friend drove me to work when I was younger, she was eating spaghetti, off of a plate, with a fork...while driving. We were only going about 10 minutes down the road but I have never been more scared for my life in a vehicle.
I didn't know why she had to choose to do it there and couldn't wait the 20~ minutes or so to get back home either. When I brought it up years later she just had no recollection so I can only think it never even crossed her mind if she should or shouldn't do shit like that while driving.
As an asian can confirm.
Stereotypes are just our brain using shorthand and prior memory to avoid working hard and jumping right to the conclusion. This is a system that wouldn't work if it was consistently wrong. We wouldn't have evolved the ability to do so as it would have fucked us constantly.
Anyone who says they are wrong is usually lying.
Stereotypes are general trends.
What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, __?
The answer is -3. You're stereotyping that the sequence is 2^n. Really it was just "numbers I like to write down". And you may say that's unfair and stupid, to which I reply "stop stereotyping". It's a stereotype that mathematical sequences make logical sense.
And it's also how society managed to stop living on open plains eating rotten berries. How humans didn't go extinct. Tiger = bad = stereotype. Not all tigers are dangerous. But stereotypes are generally speaking true (because if they're disproven enough, they're replaced by a new stereotype), and not only are they usually true (or close enough), they're HELPFUL. I know the difference between Joe and Carl because I discriminate between their traits. But a random stranger? I need to use general rules, stereotypes, because I can't discriminate between them and the general population.
The "stereotype" that the newspaper is complaining about is that there's a tendency for drunken young black men to get into fights on 6th Street in Austin. And what happens (like what happened in the last shooting on 6th Street) sometimes is that these guys pull out guns and try to shoot the other guy that they're mad at. There's a consistent fucking pattern, so yes, this specific stereotype is rooted in truth.
Stereotypes wouldn't exist if they weren't true