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What you call xenophobic, others call noticing what is right in front of their noses.

• kintamanimatt 13y ago
  Could it be confirmation bias?
  • Kudzu_Bob 13y ago
    Stereotypes don’t materialize out of thin air. If they did that you’d see a more random distribution of competing stereotypes.
    • kintamanimatt 13y ago
      Stereotypes don't appear out of thin air, but they aren't independently formed either; they get taught and passed on by parents and peers. Confirmation bias also plays a role in perpetuating them too. After all, if you hold the belief that women are bad drivers, did you independently come to this conclusion based on an accurate assessment of driving skill and gender, or did you hear "ha, women drivers!" over and over as a kid and subsequently see every mistake a woman driver made and mutter to yourself, "ha, women drivers!"?
      • Kudzu_Bob 13y ago
        The image of the immigrant as invariably hard-working, noble, and law-abiding gets taught and passed along too, not by parents and peers but by business interests seeking cheap labor and political parties seeking permanent dominance by means of electing a new people. When you label something as confirmation bias, make sure you're looking through the right end of the telescope.