By no means I approve of stereotypes, but I was wondering how to define a difference between a stereotype and statistics. It is bad to say that "all" people do something, but if you say "most", is it still stereotyping even though statistics proves otherwise?
Is it stereotyping to say "men are physically stronger than women"?
Again I don't approve of stereotypes, but it seems like a risky and interesting question
Statistics: African Americans make up 13.1% of the overall students enrolled in college in the US.
Stereotype: Black students aren't as smart or talented as white students therefore, few of them ever attend college.
Stereotypes are broad assumptions without any evidence and they are usually fueled by hate.
Statistics: African Americans make up 13.1% of the overall students enrolled in college in the US.
Stereotype: Black students aren't as smart or talented as white students therefore, few of them ever attend college.
Stereotypes are broad assumptions without any evidence and they are usually fueled by hate.
Don't use that stereotype or statistic. Because there's statistics that also show blacks have a high drop out rate.
Statistics can be used to prove stereotypes. Don't rely on them, they cab easily be made with bad intentions.
I'm very torn about this
there are statistics that show a wide variance in average IQ between races, but at the same time, something like that seems insulting and hateful
Statistics and stereotypes are very hard to distinguish sometimes, especially when there are statistics that can show ugly things.
Yeah, some people can't tell the difference, and it's really annoying as it leads to arguments and mis-understandings.
There's nothing wrong with saying males are, on average, taller than females. They ARE, it's scientific fact. Yes, some females are taller than some males, but on AVERAGE males are taller. That doesn't mean one should be treated as inferior to the other, but people shouldn't get accused of being sexist for pointing it out.
People need to learn to tell the difference between "all" and "some"/"many"/"most". There are all sorts of trends (biological, social, political, etc.) with different demographics. It's not sexist or racist or homophobic to acknowledge them and point them out.
An example is the high proportion of males on this website. The general population is about 49-50% males I think and this website seems to be about 90% males. Saying most people on ATRL are males isn't sexist, I KNOW there are females that post here, but they're in a minority, much less than you'd expect.
Stereotypes are bad though. I guess they're fine in a comical sense, but some people take them seriously and then judge people incorrectly based on the stereotype, sometimes in a negative way, and that's unfair imo. Even if 90% of people in a certain demographic do something bad, you shouldn't assume they all are, it's unfair on the 10% that aren't doing the bad thing.
I'm very torn about this
there are statistics that show a wide variance in average IQ between races, but at the same time, something like that seems insulting and hateful
Statistics and stereotypes are very hard to distinguish sometimes, especially when there are statistics that can show ugly things.
I'm very torn about this
there are statistics that show a wide variance in average IQ between races, but at the same time, something like that seems insulting and hateful
Statistics and stereotypes are very hard to distinguish sometimes, especially when there are statistics that can show ugly things.
That's what I think too But it is a good practice to stop stereotypes I guess (even if they are true for the most time), by doing so, the mentality turns more tolerant, which is better
