I don't see how they're harmful. It is asserted every now and then that they are harmful (from people jumping on the "this is victimizing" bangwaggon or needin

I don't see how they're harmful. It is asserted every now and then that they are harmful (from people jumping on the "this is victimizing" bangwaggon or needing the attention), but no connection with actual harm is given, but I see them as neutral, if not possitive, including for my people's "positive stereotypes". In fact, e.g. books, articles, or speeches about one's own heritage, even from the leaders or cultural representatives of a country, also list possitive and sometimes negative stereotypes, as good and bad traits of a culture. It's not just ignorant outsiders that use them. >Peoples and cultures are complex and all have good and bad traits. Hence good AND bad stereotypes. Also, I don't think most people regards the sterotypes as absolute (as in "EVERY Asian is great at math"), as opposed to a statistical thing.