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Positive stereotypes often get started as a push back against negative stereotypes. “Noble savage” against “savage”. Hopefully we are smart enough to see throu
by amanaplanacanal 2y ago
Positive stereotypes often get started as a push back against negative stereotypes. “Noble savage” against “savage”.
Hopefully we are smart enough to see through all of them.
- coldtea 2y agoI hope we are smart to see their utility as conveying statistical likelihoods, common occurences, and heuristics - while also understanding that some might be deprecated or not accurate (like everything else can be, from scientific studies to census data).