Carthaginian
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Stereotypes won't exist without a modicum of truth to begin with.
The Lonious Monk
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It's sort of like integrals in calculus. Some problems can be solved analytically meaning they have an exact answer. However, most integrals are best sovled numerically meaning you'll get an answer but it's going to have an associated error.
There are very few descriptions that apply across the board to large groups. For those cases, the best you can do is a "numerical" description, in other words, something that captures a large percentage the group with a reasonable error. Stereotypes are like that. They are true as long as it is acknowledge that there is some error. That said, there are some cases where that error is so big that the stereotype loses any real usefulness.
There are very few descriptions that apply across the board to large groups. For those cases, the best you can do is a "numerical" description, in other words, something that captures a large percentage the group with a reasonable error. Stereotypes are like that. They are true as long as it is acknowledge that there is some error. That said, there are some cases where that error is so big that the stereotype loses any real usefulness.
fuc_i_look_like
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RodrigueZz;4844060 said:
nigga Charlotte just got a popeyes last month in the mall. I kid you not, that damn line easily had 75+ ppl. And they we're alllllll Black. Lol
The Lonious Monk
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RodrigueZz;4845124 said:
It really depends on how you plan on using them. If say you were doing a psychological study on the effects of violence on people throughout childhood. Stereotypically, one might think blacks are the best place to look for viable participants. The problem is that, though a lot of blacks are subjected to a lot of violence at young ages, a large portion of us aren't. So the error there is too big. However, if the group was constricted to blacks from the inner city. Then you've cut that error by a great deal, and the stereotype is probably more useful. That's kind of a stupid example, but it's off the top of my head.
NoCompetition
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No, but they can save you at the same time. If you see someone who looke stereotypically "dangerous" and you dodge them because of it, it might save you some trouble.
Kushington
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Stereotypes arent true, but not all of them are bad
White people get the "rich" stereotype, east asians get the "smart" stereotype, hispanics have the "hard worker" stereotype, only middle easterners and arabs have mostly negative stereotypes
Some black stereotypes are great, since I dont qualify for any of the negative ghetto ones people dont assume that of me, people generally assume I have a nice car, big dick, and am good at sports/music/fuckin/dancing
White people get the "rich" stereotype, east asians get the "smart" stereotype, hispanics have the "hard worker" stereotype, only middle easterners and arabs have mostly negative stereotypes
Some black stereotypes are great, since I dont qualify for any of the negative ghetto ones people dont assume that of me, people generally assume I have a nice car, big dick, and am good at sports/music/fuckin/dancing
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SleepwalkingInJapan
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asians cant drive
no stereotype
no stereotype
Kushington
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SleepwalkingInJapan;4845247 said:
Thats a fact, not a stereotype
Lou Cypher
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The white in me just wants to shoot up the entire office when someone says the wrong thing to me.
ImTheKangRoundHere
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fuc_i_look_like
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nepats;4847071 said:
man I really get tired of hearing this same sob ass story,especially when its NBA season. they love to highlight that shit.
5th Letter
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it depends where you go. if you in the burbs then it will be mostly whites in there and vice versa for a popeyes in the urban areas.
stereotypes have some level of truth to them, a lot of times they get exaggerated.
stereotypes have some level of truth to them, a lot of times they get exaggerated.
unRealLady1
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No sterotype holds truth. I notices that celebs like the internet, and a lot of them sterotype people on the net, as being unemployed and lazy. They figure the only ones that work hard is a famous celeb. Most of them think because u are on the computer you are trying to be internet star, and they feel internet stars are fake. The thing is if they werent famous they would be on the computer.
I think some people think everyone who have a pic in their avi is trying to impress people over the net. I happen to keep myself clean and neat everyday, I’m not trying to please anyone but myself. Iam not competing with celebs from the computer. So I never understood why they bother to challenge.
I think some people think everyone who have a pic in their avi is trying to impress people over the net. I happen to keep myself clean and neat everyday, I’m not trying to please anyone but myself. Iam not competing with celebs from the computer. So I never understood why they bother to challenge.
DaCaliKing
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fuck that stereotypes exist for a reason. They just don't apply to EVERYONE.
