Do you think stereotypes hold some truth?
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RodrigueZz wrote: »The Lonious Monk wrote: »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.
Goat'd for the analogy.
You got any examples of said stereotypes like those you mention in the last bar?
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. -
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.
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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 ? , and am good at sports/music/? /dancing
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asians cant drive
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I think that some generalizations are true and some simply aren't.
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The white in me just wants to shoot up the entire office when someone says the wrong thing to me.
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Some stereotypes are true. Met all kinds of people in all kinds of places. So I'll say they're not just made up. Just don't go out into the world thinking it's the law of the land.
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dont front, a lot of black athletes grew up without a father around for the most part.
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Dope avi ^
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dont front, a lot of black athletes grew up without a father around for the most part.
man I really get tired of hearing this same sob ass story,especially when its NBA season. they love to highlight that ? . -
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. -
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.
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? that stereotypes exist for a reason. They just don't apply to EVERYONE.
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Real Lady1 wrote: »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.
wtf are u talking about? smdh
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This is pretty much how I see it.DaCaliKing wrote: »? that stereotypes exist for a reason. They just don't apply to EVERYONE.
Plus if it weren't for stereotypes we would have no racist jokes, and we all know them are the best ones sometimes. -
Yes; white people stankkkkk when wet...and in general. They can't help it doe.
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That depends on the location.RodrigueZz wrote: »It's almost always more black folks at popeyes tho
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Of course. The issue is that people tend to use stereotypes/generalizations too liberally without taking relevant variables into account.
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Real Lady1 wrote: »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.
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